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Etna

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Et·na also Aet·na  (tn), Mount
An active volcano, 3,325.1 m (10,902 ft) high, of eastern Sicily. Its first known eruption occurred in 475 b.c.
Etna [ˈɛtnə]
n
(Placename) Mount. an active volcano in E Sicily: the highest volcano in Europe and the highest peak in Italy south of the Alps. Height: 3323 m (10 902 ft.)
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Noun1.EtnaEtna - an inactive volcano in Sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in Europe (10,500 feet)
Mount Etna, Mt Etna
Sicilia, Sicily - the Italian region on the island of Sicily
2.Etnaetna - a gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air
bunsen burner, bunsen
gas burner, gas jet - burner such that combustible gas issues from a nozzle to form a steady flame


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It was the volcanoes Vesuvius and Etna that she meant.
Andersen's Fairy Tales by Andersen, Hans Christian View in context
Skirting along the north coast of Sicily, passing through the group of Aeolian Isles, in sight of Stromboli and Vulcania, both active volcanoes, through the Straits of Messina, with "Scylla" on the one hand and "Charybdis" on the other, along the east coast of Sicily, and in sight of Mount Etna, along the south coast of Italy, the west and south coast of Greece, in sight of ancient Crete, up Athens Gulf, and into the Piraeus, Athens will be reached in two and a half or three days.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Measuring the old craters formed by the first eruptions of Vesuvius and Etna, we find them little more than three miles in breadth.
Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
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