Etnean
English
Alternative forms
- Aetnean, Ætnean
Etymology
Latin Aetnaeus, from Ancient Greek Αἰτναῖος (Aitnaîos), from Αἴτνη (Aítnē) + -αῖος (-aîos), equivalent to Etna + -ean.
Adjective
Noun
Etnean (plural Etneans)
- The people who live in the area around Mount Etna.
- 1903 April, The Land of Theocritus, “The Land of Theocritus”, in Harper's Monthly Magazine, volume 106, number 635, page 802:
- But there are few Etneans who have not a superstitious regard for the terrible and beautiful mountain—as well they may.
- 1977, Blackwood's Magazine - Volume 321, page 118:
- It supports a hundred towns and villages and craters so numerous and so constantly changing that no two Etneans will agree on their number.
References
- “Etnean”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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