different between italy vs siena

Latvian

Etymology 1

See siens.

Noun

siena m

1. genitive singular form of siens

Etymology 2

Cognate with Lithuanian síena (“wall, border”). Derived from verb siet (“to tie, bind”) in its older meaning “to braid, to weave” (see etymology of siet), which suggests that the original meaning of siena was “wicker-work”; compare cognates Avestan ????????????????? (hinu, “ties, bonds, hobble, chain”), Old Irish sin (“chain, necktie”). The current meaning suggests that house walls were originally woven with branches and twigs, and then probably covered with mud (compare with German Wand (“wall”), winden (“wind, twist, weave”)); some evidence from old folk songs supports this idea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [siêna]

Noun

siena f (4th declension)

1. wall (structure (made of wood, masonry, etc.) that limits a building, a room, etc.)

2. wall, rampart (a high enclosure, especially for protection)

3. something that encloses, also metaphorically

4. external side of a container, box, cavity, body organ, etc.

Declension

References

Lithuanian

Etymology

• Compare Latvian siena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?s?????n??]

Noun

síena f (plural síenos) stress pattern 1

1. wall
2. border, boundary

Declension

Synonyms

• (wall): m?ras
• (border): riba, ežia

Derived terms

• (Noun) užsienis m

References

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

siena f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. Obsolete spelling of sjena