Etruria

E·tru·ri·a  (-trr-)

An ancient country of west-central Italy in present-day Tuscany and parts of Umbria. It was the center of the Etruscan civilization, which spread throughout much of Italy before being supplanted by Rome in the third century b.c.

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E·truri·an adj. & n.

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Etruria [ɪˈtrʊərɪə]

n

1. (Placename) an ancient country of central Italy, between the Rivers Arno and Tiber, roughly corresponding to present-day Tuscany and part of Umbria

2. (Placename) a factory established in Staffordshire by Josiah Wedgwood in 1769

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Etruria - an ancient country in central Italy; assimilated by the Romans by about 200 BC Italia, Italian Republic, Italy - a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD Etruscan - a native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria; the Etruscans influenced the Romans (who had suppressed them by about 200 BC)