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The Tyrrhenian Sea (/ t ɪ ˈ r iː n i ən,-ˈ r eɪ-/, tih-REE-nee-ən ,-RAY-; [1] Italian: Mar Tirreno [mar tirˈrɛːno] or ) [note 1] is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy. It is named for the Tyrrhenian people identified with the Etruscans of Italy.
The Tyrrhenian Sea — a marginal sea of the Mediterranean off western Italy, northern Sicily, and eastern Corsica and Sardinia. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Note, however, that the Sea is called Mare Internum, "Inner Sea," on this map. Mare Nostrum (/ ˌ m ɑː r ɪ ˈ n ɒ s t r ə m /; [1] Latin: "Our Sea") was a Roman name for the Mediterranean Sea. In Classical Latin, it would have been pronounced [ˈma.rɛ ˈnɔs.t̪rʊ̃ː], and in Ecclesiastical Latin, it is pronounced [ˈmaː.rɛ ˈnɔs ...
The original meaning may have been 'the sea in the middle of the earth', rather than 'the sea enclosed by land'. [4] [5] Ancient Iranians called it the "Roman Sea", in Classic Persian texts was called Daryāy-e Rōm (دریای روم) which may be from Middle Persian form, Zrēh ī Hrōm (𐭦𐭫𐭩𐭤 𐭩 𐭤𐭫𐭥𐭬). [6]
Tyrrhenian may refer to the: Tyrrhenian Stage, ... Tyrrhenian Sea; Tyrrhenian Basin; Tyrrhenian languages; See also. All pages with titles ...
Volcanoes of the Tyrrhenian (3 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Landforms of the Tyrrhenian Sea" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
In her new novel, the author of "Hollow Kingdom" and "Feral Creatures" captures the comedy of truffle-mania in a tiny Tuscan village, upon the discovery of the world's largest truffle.
It connects the Tyrrhenian Sea to the north with the Ionian Sea to the south, within the central Mediterranean. At its narrowest point, between Torre Faro and Villa San Giovanni, it is 3.1 km (1.9 mi) wide. At the city of Messina, it is 5.1 km (3.2 mi) wide. The strait's maximum depth is about 250 m (820 ft).