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Etna

American  
[et-nuh] / ˈɛt nə /
Or Aetna

noun

  1. Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3,280 meters).


Etna British  
/ ˈɛtnə /

noun

  1. an active volcano in E Sicily: the highest volcano in Europe and the highest peak in Italy south of the Alps. Height: 3323 m (10 902 ft)

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The trek takes Etna across a bombed-out city and into a mountain range occupied by refugees and guerrillas.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

“Very early in that evening, the returns from a town called Etna came in. It was like 520 to 170, and I thought, ‘that’s not 60–40, that’s 3-to-1.’

From Slate Jun. 16, 2026

She said she was nervous about the Mount Etna expedition in Italy because she had vertigo on a recent ascent of Ben Vorlich, her first Munro.

From BBC May 6, 2026

One of the first targets will be Mount Etna in Italy.

From Science Daily Mar. 15, 2026

I walked five miles over low hills through the woods to the town of Etna, where I sat beside an old cemetery and ate my sandwiches, then packed up and walked home.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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