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aetna
/ˈɛtnə/
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What does aetna mean?
proper noun
- Alternative form of Etna (a stratovolcano in Sicily).
- A nymph in Sicily who, according to legend, gave her name to the volcanic Mount Etna.
- A hamlet in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.
More meanings (12)
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Craighead County, Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Sharp County, Arkansas.
- A township in Logan County, Illinois.
- A neighbourhood of Gary, Lake County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community and township in Barber County, Kansas.
- A township in Mecosta County, Michigan.
- A township in Missaukee County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Lincoln Township, Newaygo County, Michigan.
- A township in Pipestone County, Minnesota, named after Aetna Johnson.
- An unincorporated community in Hickman County, Tennessee.
- An unincorporated community in Marion County, Tennessee.
- (historical) An ancient city in Sicily, in modern Italy, situated at the foot of Mount Etna, on its southern declivity.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɛtnə/
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Sacred to Vulcan’s name, an isle there lay, Betwixt Sicilia’s coasts and Lipare, Rais’d high on smoking rocks; and, deep below, In hollow caves the fires of Aetna glow.
The next morning, Tuesday, Edison took his new fidus Achates with him to a conference with John Roach, the famous old ship-builder, and at it agreed to take the AEtna Iron works, where Roach had laid the foundations of his fame and fortune.
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We came at length to an elevated table-land of wonderful fertility and beauty, affording a panoramic prospect very little less in extent than that of Aetna, and, in Ellison’s opinion as well as my own, surpassing the far-famed view from that mountain in all the true elements of the picturesque.