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Etna

UK/ˈɛtnə/ US/ˈɛtnʌ/ uncommon archaic

noun

1.

an inactive volcano in Sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in Europe (10,500 feet)

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2.

a gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air

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

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