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Etruria

/ɪˈtɹʊə.ɹɪ.ə/ · name

Meaning

  1. An ancient country in Italian Peninsula, located between the Arno and Tiber rivers, corresponding to modern day Tuscany in Western Italy; the home of Etruscans.
  2. A suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8646).
  3. A former kingdom in Northern Italy, lasted between 1801 and 1807.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree Latin Etrūrialbor. English Etruria Learned borrowing from Latin Etrūria.

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