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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 BCplay

  Familiarity information: ETRURIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ETRURIA (noun)


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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