Sienna Definition

sē-ĕnə
noun
An earth pigment containing iron and manganese oxides, yellowish-brown in the natural state and reddish-brown when burnt.
Webster's New World
Either of these colors.
Webster's New World
Raw sienna.
American Heritage
Burnt sienna.
American Heritage

A pigment with a reddish-brown colour.

Wiktionary
adjective
Having a reddish-brown colour.
Wiktionary
pronoun
A female given name of modern usage from the sienna colour.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Sienna

Noun

Singular:
sienna
Plural:
siennas

Origin of Sienna

  • From Italian terra di Sienna, "earth of Siena", Siena being the most notable Renaissance location of the clay

    From Wiktionary

  • Short for terra-sienna from Italian terra di Sienna earth of Siena after Siena

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sienna Sentence Examples

  • Her face had already begun softening, and the warm sienna reclaimed her eyes.

  • Faustus Sozzini, a native of Sienna (1539-1603), much influenced by his uncle Lelio Sozzini, after a wandering, questioning life, found his way to Poland, where he succeeded in uniting the various Anabaptist sects into a species of church, the doctrines of which are set forth in the Confession of Rakow (near Minsk), published in Polish in 1605 and speedily in German and Latin.

  • At the age of twenty-one he was given an appointment in the record office of his native city; from 1865 to 1871 he was attached to the Archives of Sienna, but eventually returned to Florence.

  • The walls of the station are usually tiled in white with burnt sienna flourish.

  • There are a variety of floor mats for your Toyota Sienna such as driver, passenger, rear, and cargo, so check out some of these super websites and stores to find ones that fancy you and your wallet.

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