etruscan · adj — of or pertaining to the region and culture of Etruria, a pre-Roman civilization in Italy.
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etruscan is pronounced /ɪˈtɹʌskən/.
Etymology
From Latin Etruscus (which see for more) + -an.
adj
- Of or pertaining to the region and culture of Etruria, a pre-Roman civilization in Italy.
name
- The extinct language of Etruria, which has no known relation to any other language.
noun
- An inhabitant of ancient Etruria.e.g.“[…] Gauls used the suffix -acus, Etruscans -nas or -na, Umbrians -enus, -ienus.” — 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xv:
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