Tyrrhenia

English

Etymology

Via Latin Tyrrhēnia from Ancient Greek Τυρρηνῐ́ᾱ (Turrhēníā).

Proper noun

Tyrrhenia

1. Land areas around the Tyrrhenian Sea (Corsica, Sardinia, and Italy's west coast).
2. (historically) Etruria.
3. (geology, paleogeography) A large landmass in the western Mediterranean basin.

Anagrams

• erythrina

Latin

Tyrrhenian Sea.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τυρρηνῐ́ᾱ (Turrhēníā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tyrˈreː.ni.aː/, [t̪ʏrˈreːniäː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tirˈre.ni.a/, [t̪irˈrɛːniä]

Proper noun

Tyrrhēnia f sg (genitive Tyrrhēniae); first declension

1. Etruria (an ancient region of modern Italy; land of the Etruscans; homeland of the Italic Tyrrhenian peoples)
2. 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.

	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.