Tyrrhenia

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English

Etymology

Via Latin Tyrrhēnia from Ancient Greek Τυρρηνῐ́ᾱ (Turrhēníā).

Proper noun

Tyrrhenia

  1. Land areas around the Tyrrhenian Sea (Corsica, Sardinia, and Italy's west coast).
  2. (historically) Etruria.
  3. (geology, paleogeography) A large landmass in the western Mediterranean basin.

Anagrams

Latin

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Tyrrhenian Sea.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τυρρηνῐ́ᾱ (Turrhēníā).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tyrrhēnia f sg (genitive Tyrrhēniae); first declension

  1. Etruria (an ancient region of modern Italy; land of the Etruscans; homeland of the Italic Tyrrhenian peoples)
  2. land areas around the Tyrrhenian Sea, a part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy, bounded by Corsica and Sardinia (west), Tuscany, Lazio, Campania, and Calabria (east), and Sicily (south)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Tyrrhēnia
genitive Tyrrhēniae
dative Tyrrhēniae
accusative Tyrrhēniam
ablative Tyrrhēniā
vocative Tyrrhēnia

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See also

  • Tyrrhenia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.