Etruria
[ ih-troor-ee-uh ]
/ ɪˈtrʊər i ə /
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noun
an ancient country located between the Arno and Tiber rivers, roughly corresponding to modern Tuscany in W Italy.
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etorphine, étouffée, Etr., étrier, etrog, Etruria, Etruscan, Etruscan ware, Etruscology, ETS, et seq.
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Etruria
/ (ɪˈtrʊərɪə) /
noun
an ancient country of central Italy, between the Rivers Arno and Tiber, roughly corresponding to present-day Tuscany and part of Umbria
a factory established in Staffordshire by Josiah Wedgwood in 1769
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