Tyrrhenia
Latin
proper noun
Definitions
- Etruria; land of the Etruscans; homeland of the Italic Tyrrhenian peoples
- (geography) Land areas around the Tyrrhenian Sea, a part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy, bounded by Corsica and Sardinia (west), Tuscany, Lazio, Campania, and Calabria (east), and Sicily (south).
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek Τυρρηνῐ́ᾱ, Τυρρηνός (Etruscan).
Origin
Ancient Greek
Τυρρηνός
Gloss
Etruscan
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Tyrrhēnia Latin
- turriger Latin
- turris Latin
- Turm German
- tour French
- Τυρρηνία Ancient Greek
- Τυρρηνός Ancient Greek
- Τυρρηνῐ́ᾱ Ancient Greek
- τύρρις Ancient Greek
- torn Swedish
- torr Old English
- *torn Old French
- tor Old French
- torete Old French
- torn Old French
- tour Old French
- tur Old French
- turn Icelandic
- torn Old High German
- torn Middle Low German
- tōrn Middle Low German
- torri Maltese
- toer Western Frisian
- *tor Old Welsh