Etruria
Americannoun
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an ancient country located between the Arno and Tiber rivers, roughly corresponding to modern Tuscany in W Italy.
noun
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an ancient country of central Italy, between the Rivers Arno and Tiber, roughly corresponding to present-day Tuscany and part of Umbria
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a factory established in Staffordshire by Josiah Wedgwood in 1769
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When people started losing their minds over vases, Wedgwood clocked the “epidemical madness” and created a whole new settlement, Etruria, named for a region of ancient Italy, to satisfy demand for the neo-Classical.
From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2021
The son of a pottery presser and a grocer, Smith attended Etruria British School before starting work at age 12 at the Etruria Forge, where he operated a steam hammer.
From BBC • Sep. 28, 2019
It suggested she was sharing insider information with her father, who was a top executive at Banca Etruria, a Tuscan bank.
From The Guardian • Dec. 2, 2016
Dr. Giovanni Scichilone, 39, archaeological director of the Italian government's antiquities bureau for southern Etruria, rejects this aesthetic evaluation as too narrow.
From Time Magazine Archive
All Etruria had finally risen against him, but he had succeeded in escaping.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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