Enna

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Enna f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Trechaleidae – certain spiders of Central and South America.

• (genus): Enna velox - type species

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Enna

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From Italian Enna.

Enna

1. A province of Sicily, Italy.
2. A town, the capital of Enna, Sicily.
   • 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros‎, London: Jonathan Cape, page 4:

     […] she that was rapt by the Dark God from the flowering fields of Enna, to be Queen for ever among the dead that be departed.

• Anne

Enna f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Enna: Ennuson
• daughter of Enna: Ennudóttir

Possibly ultimately a Frisian name.

• IPA^(key): /ˈenːɑ/,
• Rhymes: -enːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): En‧na

Enna

1. a female given name

• Enna is the 351^st most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,221 female individuals (and as a middle name to 330 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Anne, anne

From Latin Henna or Haenna, of obscure origin. Originally known as Castrogiovanni from the local Sicilian Castrugiuvanni, from the Arabic name for it, قَصْر يَانِيّ (qaṣr yāniyy, “castle of John”), actually a corruption of Latin castrum ("fort") and Henna. The name was changed in 1927 under Mussolini.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.na/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnna
• Hyphenation: Èn‧na

Enna f

1. Enna (a town and province of Italy)

• nane