# Etna
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛtnə/
* Homophones: Aetna, etna
** Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Etymology 1

From the Latin Aetna, perhaps via the Italian Etna. From either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aið-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). Doublet of Aetna.

#### Alternative forms

* Ætna (archaic)

#### Proper noun

Etna
* An active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, between Messina and Catania.
    Synonym: (in full) Mount Etna
* A city in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
* A town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.

##### Derived terms

* etna
* Etnean

##### Translations
#### Further reading

* Mount Etna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Etna, Maine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Etymology 2

From the Norwegian Etna. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

#### Proper noun

Etna
* A river that flows through Etnedal and Nordre Land municipalities, Oppland, Norway.

##### Translations
#### Further reading

* Etna (river) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Etymology 3

Possibly an anglicisation of Irish Eithne.This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

#### Proper noun

Etna
* A female given name from Irish.
** For quotations using this term, see Citations:Etna.

##### Translations
#### Further reading

* Eithne on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* tane, ante, ta'en, anet, NEAT, Aten, Neat, neta, Etan, ante-, Nate, neat, Tean, Ante, Tena

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Aetna, from either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛt.na/
* Rhymes: -ɛtna
* Hyphenation: Èt‧na

### Proper noun

Etna m or f
* Etna (a volcano in Sicily, Italy)
    Synonym: Mongibello

#### Usage notes

* Aetna/Αἴτνη (Aítnē) was anciently both a feminine toponym and a female nymph.
* It is both a volcano and a mountain, which locally are called u vurcanu/il vulcano (m.), u munti/il monte (m.), a muntagna/la montagna (f.).
* Nowadays local people percieved “It” as a feminine noun, prima facie, because it is named a Muntagna (and then italianized as la Montagna), secondly also because of the widespread use to refer at It by calling Her “mamma Etna”. Sometimes also the ending in “-a” could mislead some speaker about its grammatical gender.

#### Derived terms

* etneo

### Proper noun

Etna f
* (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Aetna (Sicilian nymph)
* (historical) Aetna (ancient Sicilian city)

### Proper noun

Etna m or f by sense
* a surname

### Further reading

* Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025

### Anagrams

* -ante, ante, ante-, nate, tane

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* Etne, Ætne

### Etymology

Latin Aetna

### Proper noun

Etna m or f
* Etna (volcano in Sicily, Italy)

### References

* Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Etna”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin Aetna, from either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “to burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *ai-dh, from *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛ.t͡ʃi.nɐ/, /ˈɛt͡ʃ.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛ.t͡ʃi.nɐ/, /ˈɛt͡ʃ.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛt͡ʃ.na/, /ˈɛ.t͡ʃi.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɛ.tnɐ/, /ˈɛ.tɨ.nɐ/
* Hyphenation: Et‧na

### Proper noun

Etna m
* Etna (a volcano in Sicily, Italy)

### Proper noun

Etna f
* (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Aetna (Sicilian nymph)
* (historical) Aetna (ancient Sicilian city)