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MOUNT ETNA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mount Etna mean?
• MOUNT ETNA (noun)
The noun MOUNT ETNA has 1 sense:
1. an inactive volcano in Sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in Europe (10,500 feet)
Familiarity information: MOUNT ETNA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An inactive volcano in Sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in Europe (10,500 feet)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Instance hypernyms:
volcano (a mountain formed by volcanic material)
Holonyms ("Mount Etna" is a part of...):
Sicilia; Sicily (the Italian region on the island of Sicily)
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