Tinia

[ tin-ee-uh ]

noun

1. the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.

Example Sentences

Barbata, born in New Jersey, moved to Southern California as a teenager, playing in surf-rock bands — he was a member of the Sentinels, whose “La Tinia” was a local radio hit in 1961 — before joining the Turtles, then riding high after their 1965 cover of “It Ain’t Me Babe.”

From Los Angeles Times

"Swappable batteries have been a game changer for us," said Tinia Muehlfenzl, vice president of market development for Berlin-based Tier.

From Reuters

Kena moto ma rara no kivata, Na malumu me thavu e na wakana, Ko wilika ma na sai mbalambala, Tiko sombu ndaru na okaokata, E undolu vakatini sa rawa, Me tou tinia na masi ni vala, A ndrondro a ue ki sankata.

From Project Gutenberg

It rang far and wide all over Florence, it was heard beyond Fiesole, it wakened the dead in old Etrurian graves, for an instant, to think they had been called by Tinia to meet the eleven gods; it caused all the folletti, fate, diavoli, strege, and maliardi to stop for an instant their deviltries or delights. 

From Project Gutenberg

CLITUMNUS, a river in Umbria, Italy, which rises from a very abundant spring by the road between the ancient Spoletium and Trebia, 8 m. from the former, 4 m. from the latter, and after a short course through the territory of the latter town joins the Tinia, a tributary of the Tiber.

From Project Gutenberg