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sienna [see-en-uh] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna).
- the color of such a pigment.
Origin of sienna 1750–60; Italian (terra di) Sien(n)a (earth of) Siena Examples from the Web for sienna Contemporary Examples of sienna
Also breaking: apparently, Delevingne and Sienna Miller are “schnoystering,” whatever that means.
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Dr. Sienna helpfully tells him “We see these occasionally in the medical field.”
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They came onto the scene in 2004, on the feet of boho-chic English style icons Sienna Miller and Kate Moss.
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Those targeted included Princes William and Harry, as well as senior politicians and the actors Hugh Grant and Sienna Miller.
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Actress Sienna Miller described paparazzi spitting at her to provoke a reaction they could photograph.
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Historical Examples of sienna
He will return about the 10th of October to fetch me, and we all go on to Sienna, to my mother.
Gabriele D’Annunzio
I have compared it with that which is preserved in the archives of Sienna.
Paul Bourget
The filler used should be coloured with burnt umber and sienna.
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Charles Franklin Warner
Sienna, resting on the top and brow of a hill, looks picturesque from below.
William Miller
The body of S. Catherine of Sienna reposes beneath the high altar.
S. Russell Forbes
British Dictionary definitions for sienna sienna noun
- a natural earth containing ferric oxide used as a yellowish-brown pigment when untreated (raw sienna) or a reddish-brown pigment when roasted (burnt sienna)
- the colour of this pigmentSee also burnt sienna
Word Origin for sienna C18: from Italian terra di Siena earth of Siena Word Origin and History for sienna Sienna
city in central Italy, probably from Senones, the name of a Gaulish people who settled there in ancient times. Related: Sienese. The brownish-ochre color (1760) is from Italian terra di Sienna “earth of Siena,” where the coloring material first was produced.