Sienna
[siˈɛnə]Meaning
an English word meaning "orange-red", from the city of Siena in Italy
Background Story
Sienna comes from the English word for the colour orange-red, which is ultimately from the name of the city of Siena in Italy, after the colour of the clay there. The word itself derives from the Italian terra di Siena, "earth of Siena", an earth pigment containing iron oxide and manganese oxide that was produced in the city-state of Siena during the Renaissance. Sienna was first recorded as a colour name in English in 1760.
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