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ETRURIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Etruria mean?
• ETRURIA (noun)
The noun ETRURIA has 1 sense:
1. an ancient country in central Italy; assimilated by the Romans by about 200 BC
Familiarity information: ETRURIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ancient country in central Italy; assimilated by the Romans by about 200 BC
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)
Meronyms (members of "Etruria"):
Etruscan (a native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria; the Etruscans influenced the Romans (who had suppressed them by about 200 BC))
Holonyms ("Etruria" is a part of...):
Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)
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