Etruria

Etruria [ih-troo r-ee-uh] Examples noun

1. an ancient country located between the Arno and Tiber rivers, roughly corresponding to modern Tuscany in W Italy.

Examples from the Web for etruria Historical Examples of etruria

Etruria furnished the people of Romulus with the science of divination.

The Superstitions of Witchcraft

Howard Williams

Fanny wants to know “what you are gone for,” and endeavors to pronounce Etruria.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Elizabeth Robins Pennell

Remains of amphitheatres are found in several cities of Etruria.

Museum of Antiquity

L. W. Yaggy

Examples of subterranean tombs are to be found in Egypt, Etruria, Greece.

Museum of Antiquity

L. W. Yaggy

Hannibal decided to attempt to pass over the mountains into Etruria.

Hannibal

Jacob Abbott

British Dictionary definitions for etruria Etruria noun

1. an ancient country of central Italy, between the Rivers Arno and Tiber, roughly corresponding to present-day Tuscany and part of Umbria
2. a factory established in Staffordshire by Josiah Wedgwood in 1769