Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to ancient Etruria or its people, language, or culture.
  • noun A native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
  • noun The extinct language of the Etruscans, of unknown linguistic affiliation.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining or relating to Etruria, an ancient country in central Italy, bordering on the part of the Mediterranean called the Tyrrhenian sea, between Latium and Liguria (including modern Tuscany), or to its inhabitants, and especially to their civilization and art.
  • An epithet erroneously applied to Greek painted vases. This application, originating in the eighteenth century, before the study of archæology had made much advance, is still in use among persons whose ideas about these subjects are obtained from books. Wedgwood had this use in mind when he named his works Etruria.
  • noun An inhabitant of Etruria; a member of the primitive race of ancient Etruria.
  • noun The language of the Etruscans, which from its few remains appears to have been unlike any other known tongue.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Of or relating to Etruria.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to the region and culture of Etruria, a pre-Roman civilization in Italy.
  • noun An inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
  • proper noun The extinct language of Etruria, which has no known relation to any other language.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria; the Etruscans influenced the Romans (who had suppressed them by about 200 BC)

Etymologies

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From Latin Etruscus +‎ -an.

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Examples

  • Slide 18: ETRUSCAN TAKEOVER • Latium attracted the Etruscans because control of region would give them a direct overland route between Etruria and the cities of Campagna - Etruscan overlords took control of the Septimontium in the mid-500s BC - Domination began with the appearance of adventurers with small contingents of supporters • Gained chieftainship of villages through their superiority in arms and the glamour of their advanced culture • Rome would be controlled for the next 100 years by Etruscan adventurers - Tarquin the Elder, Tarquin the Proud, Servius Tullius, and Lars Porsenna

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  • It would be like the army fast tracking someone to command an SAS troop because they had a really nice degree in Etruscan pottery!

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  • The exhibit will remain open until 2 March, after which the Euphronius Vase will be moved to its permanent home in National Etruscan Museum at the Villa Giulia in Rome.

    The Return of the Euphronius Vase at eternallycool.net 2008

  • I'm still hesitant about attributing the Etruscan word to the Greek word, simply because it requires me to assume a lot.

    Etruscan araχ: a falcon, a hawk, both? 2008

  • The exhibit will remain open until 2 March, after which the Euphronius Vase will be moved to its permanent home in National Etruscan Museum at the Villa Giulia in Rome.

    2008 January 19 archive at eternallycool.net 2008

  • Recent discoveries have proved beyond a doubt that the making of lace was practiced by the Lake Dwellers; fragments of drawn work have also been found in Etruscan tombs and wrapped about Egyptian mummies, and specimens come as well from the savage tribes of

    Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 1894

  • The Etruscan scarabæus is found in different parts of Italy, quite frequently at Chiusi, in Tuscany, which was formerly ancient Etruria; from whence, the name Etruscan for those found in this part of Italy, has been derived.

    Scarabs The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc. Isaac Myer 1869

  • They’re Swiss, their name is a word in Etruscan, and some of their vocals are in Gaulish (the rest in English).

    John Joseph Adams » Best New Bands 2008

  • They’re Swiss, their name is a word in Etruscan, and some of their vocals are in Gaulish (the rest in English).

    John Joseph Adams » 2008 » June 2008

  • He informed me that the "offending" blog entry in question is Some observations concerning Woodard's The Ancient Languages of Europe and pertains to my "shame" in calling the Etruscan f a "bilabial fricative".

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