E·tru·ri·a ( -tr r  - ) 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. E·tru ri·an adj. & n. |
Etruria [ɪˈtrʊərɪə]
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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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| Noun | 1. |  Etruria - an ancient country in central Italy; assimilated by the Romans by about 200 BCItalia, 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) |
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