Definitions for ETAˈeɪ tə, ˈi tə

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

e•taˈeɪ tə, ˈi tə(n.)(pl.)e•tas.

  1. the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (Η, η).

    Category: Language/Linguistics

Origin of eta:

< Gk êta; cf. Heb ḥethheth

ETA

or E.T.A.

  1. estimated time of arrival.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Basque Homeland and Freedom, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Euskadi ta Askatasuna, ETA(noun)

    a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party; want to create an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees

    "in 1968 ETA launched a campaign of political assassinations of government officials"

  2. eta(noun)

    the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet


Translations for ETA

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

age(noun)

the amount of time during which a person or thing has existed

He went to school at the age of six (years); What age is she?

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