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  • noun an inactive volcano in Sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in Europe (10,500 feet)

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Examples

  • (This was what she called Mount Etna and Mount Vesuvius.) β€˜It does the lemons and grapes good.’

    The Pink Fairy Book 2003

  • Catanians, who live upon Mount Etna, which is the largest mountain in Sicily.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005

  • In the first days of this spring, the stream of fire issued from Etna, as on former occasions, and destroyed some land of the Catanians, who live upon Mount Etna, which is the largest mountain in Sicily.

    THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

  • In the first days of this spring, the stream of fire issued from Etna, as on former occasions, and destroyed some land of the Catanians, who live upon Mount Etna, which is the largest mountain in Sicily.

    THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

  • Catanians, who live upon Mount Etna, which is the largest mountain in Sicily.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War 455? BC-395 BC Thucydides 1866

  • The flow has been colonised by a shrub called the Mount Etna broom; the honey-sweet scent of its vivid yellow flowers is overwhelming.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • The largest tree in the world is the great chestnut tree at the foot of Mount Etna which is called "Chestnut Tree of a

    My beloved South, Mrs. T. P. O 1914

  • More striking, "The Death of Empedocles" shows the philosopher leaping into Mount Etna he goes down, as Pythagoras comes up!

    Return to the Grim and Dark Willard Spiegelman 2011

  • Mount Etna seems to have come back to life, at least for a little while.

    Mount Etna Erupts (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post 2011

  • Mount Etna seems to have come back to life, at least for a little while.

    Mount Etna Erupts (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post 2011

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