Tyrrhenia
English
Etymology
Via Latin Tyrrhēnia from Ancient Greek Τυρρηνῐ́ᾱ (Turrhēníā).
Proper noun
Tyrrhenia
- Land areas around the Tyrrhenian Sea (Corsica, Sardinia, and Italy's west coast).
- (historically) Etruria.
- (geology, paleogeography) A large landmass in the western Mediterranean basin.
Anagrams
Latin
Tyrrhenian Sea.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Τυρρηνῐ́ᾱ (Turrhēníā).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tyrˈreː.ni.aː/, [t̪ʏrˈreːniäː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tirˈre.ni.a/, [t̪irˈrɛːniä]
Proper noun
Tyrrhēnia f sg (genitive Tyrrhēniae); first declension
- Etruria (an ancient region of modern Italy; land of the Etruscans; homeland of the Italic Tyrrhenian peoples)
- 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)
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Tyrrhēnia |
| Genitive | Tyrrhēniae |
| Dative | Tyrrhēniae |
| Accusative | Tyrrhēniam |
| Ablative | Tyrrhēniā |
| Vocative | Tyrrhēnia |
Derived terms
- Tyrrhēni
- Tyrrhēnicus
- Tyrrhēnus
- Tyrrhigenae
Descendants
- Corsican: Tirrenu
- German: Tyrrhenisches
- English: Tyrrhenia
- French: Tyrrhénienne
- Italian: Tirreno
- Maltese: Tirren
- Occitan: Tirrèna
- Neapolitan: Tirreno
- Portuguese: Tirrénia, Tirrênia
- Sardinian: Tirrenu
- Sicilian: Tirrenu
- Spanish: Tirrenia
See also
- Tyrrhenia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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