What is "aetna"

'''Aetna, Inc. ''' is an American managed health care company, which sells traditional and consumer directed health care insurance plans and related services, such as medical, pharmaceutical, dental, behavioral health, long-term care, and disability plans. Aetna is a member of the Fortune 100.

Aetna may refer to:

• Aetna, an American insurance provider.
• Mount Etna, Aetna in Latin
• Aetna (city), an ancient city, the ruins of which are near Paternò, Sicily
• Aetna (nymph), the mythological figure from whom the name of the above volcano was said to have been derived
• "Aetna", a poem from the Appendix Vergiliana, sometimes ascribed to Lucilius Junior
• HMS Aetna, the name of several ships in the British Navy

Places in Canada:

• Aetna, Alberta

Places in the United States:

• Aetna, Craighead County, Arkansas
• Aetna, Sharp County, Arkansas
• Aetna, Indiana
• Aetna, Kansas
• Aetna, Michigan
• Aetna, Hickman County, Tennessee
• Aetna, Marion County, Tennessee
• Aetna Springs, California
• Aetna Township, Illinois
• Aetna Township, Kansas
• Aetna Township, Mecosta County, Michigan
• Aetna Township, Missaukee County, Michigan
• Aetna Township, Minnesota
• Etna, Illinois, formerly Aetna
• Etna, Lawrence County, Ohio, formerly Aetna Furnace
• Whiteside, Tennessee, formerly Aetna

Aetna ( Ancient Greek: , Aítnē), was an ancient city of Sicily, situated at the foot of the mountain of the same name, on its southern declivity. It was originally a Sicelian city, and was called Inessa or Inessum.

Aetna ( Greek: ) was in Greek and Roman mythology a Sicilian nymph, and according to Alcimus, a daughter of Uranus and Gaea, or of Briareus. Simonides said that she had acted as arbitrator between Hephaestus and Demeter respecting the possession of Sicily. By Zeus or Hephaestus she became the mother of the Palici. Mount Aetna in Sicily was believed to have derived its name from her, and under it Zeus buried Typhon, Enceladus, or Briareus. The mountain itself was believed to be the place in which Hephaestus and the Cyclops made the thunderbolts for Zeus.

Aetna is a neighborhood in northeastern Gary, Indiana, south of Miller Beach and east of Interstate 65. As of 2000, the neighborhood had a population of 4,942, which was 83% black and 11% white.

Aetna borders directly on Miller Beach to the northeast, but is separated from the Emerson and Pulaski neighborhoods to the west by the industrial corridor along Interstate 65, and from the town of Lake Station to the south and east by the floodplain of the Little Calumet River. Aetna is divided from the Miller Beach neighborhood by Route 20 with Aetna being the area of Gary East of I65 but south of U.S. 20.

Aetna's housing stock is dominated by small single-family homes, with 89% occupancy and 66% owner-occupancy as of 2000. Aetna's housing prices are significantly below the city average. This contrasts to homes in neighboring Miller Beach, which are among the city's most expensive.

Aetna shares with Miller Beach the U.S. 20 retail corridor, one of the major retail areas in Gary. It is home to a 3.5-acre city park, Aetna Park. Aetna is also near the much larger recreational areas of Miller Beach, such as Marquette Park and the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. It is served by a single bus route of the Gary Public Transportation Corporation; the same route also serves Miller Beach.

Aetna was founded in 1881 as a company town for the Aetna Powder Company, a munitions manufacturer. The location was chosen in part for its remoteness, in rolling dune and swale country nearly a mile from the small town of Miller. The factory employed about 500 workers, most of whom lived in Aetna although some commuted from nearby towns. Originally the munitions had to be carted to the train station in Miller for shipment, but the arrival of the Wabash Railroad in 1895 gave Aetna its own train station. The plant suffered from frequent violent explosions, often fatal; a 1912 explosion caused six deaths, and another in 1914 broke windows as far away as downtown Gary. During World War I, the factory employed 1200 people. However, it closed after the war, and Aetna's population shrank to fewer than 100.

Aetna was incorporated as a town in 1907. It was annexed by Gary in proceedings lasting from 1924 to 1928.