English

Proper noun

Etruria

1. (historical) An ancient country located between the Arno and Tiber rivers, corresponding to modern day Tuscany in Western Italy; the home of Etruscans.
2. (historical) A kingdom on the Italian peninsula that lasted between 1801 and 1807.

Translations

Derived terms

• Etruscan

Finnish

Proper noun

Etruria

1. Etruria

Declension

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Etrūria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈtrurja/, [eˈt̪r̺uː.r̺ja]
• Hyphenation: E‧trù‧ria

Proper noun

Etruria f

1. Etruria

Related terms

• etrusco

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably derived from an unattested form *Etrusia, metathesis of an earlier form *Etursia, with the *turs- root related to Ancient Greek Τυῤῥηνός ‎(Turrhēnós)/Τυρσηνός ‎(Tursēnós). Compare and see Etruscus and Tuscus ‎(“Tuscan”).

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eˈtruː.ri.a/, [ɛˈtruː.ri.a]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈtru.ri.a/, [eˈtruː.ri.a], [eˈtruː.ri̯a]

Proper noun

Etrūria f ‎(genitive Etrūriae); first declension

1. Etruria
2. vocative singular of Etrūria

Inflection

First declension, with locative.

Descendants

• Italian: Etruria

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eˈtruː.ri.aː/, [ɛˈtruː.ri.aː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈtru.ri.a/, [eˈtruː.ri.a], [eˈtruː.ri̯a]

Proper noun

Etrūria

1. ablative of Etrūria

References

• Etruria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Etruria”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Polish

Proper noun

Etruria f

1. Etruria

Declension

Related terms

• Etrusk
• etruski

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Etrūria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e̞ˈtru.ɾja̠]

Proper noun

Etruria f

1. (geography, historical) Etruria

Derived terms

• etrusco