Etna Synonyms

etnə
An inactive volcano in Sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in Europe (10,500 feet)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. mount etna
  2. Mt Etna
A gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bunsen burner
  2. bunsen

Words Related to Etna

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. vesuvius
  2. ruapehu
  3. teide
  4. Tiede
  5. waialeale
  6. longonot
  7. stromboli
  8. Liamuiga
  9. merapi
  10. Pinatubo

Etna Sentence Examples

  • There is more than one meaning of Etna discussed in the 1911 Encyclopedia.

  • The rescue of Catania from fire during an eruption of Mount Etna was later attributed to St Agatha's veil.

  • In April 1906 an eruption of Mount Etna caused the destruction of several villages and much loss of life and damage to property; in appointinga committee to distribute the relief funds the premier refused to include any of the deputies of the devastated districts among its members, and when asked by them for the reason of this omission, he replied, with a frankness more characteristic of the man than politic, that he knew they would prove more solicitous in the distribution of relief for their own electors than for the real sufferers.

  • He died on the 15th of May 913, one tradition saying he was struck by lightning, and another that he was thrown alive by the devil into the crater of Mount Etna.

  • Volcanic cones still exist in large numbers, and the sheets of lava appear as fresh as any recent flows of Etna or Vesuvius.

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