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Etymology
It. lava, lava, originally, in Naples, a torrent of rain overflowing the streets, from Italian and L. lavare, to wash. See lave

Pronunciation
enPR|läʹv�, IPA|/l��v�/, SAMPA|/lA:v@/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��v�|-��v�

Noun
en-noun|s|-

1. The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.<!--encyclopedic info: It flows out in streams sometimes miles or kilometres in length. It also issues from fissures in the earth's surface, and forms beds covering many square miles, as in the Northwestern United States.

#: Note: Lavas are classed, according to their 1) structure, as scoriaceous or cellular, glassy, stony, etc., 2) according to the material of which they consist, as doleritic, trachytic, etc., and 3) according to their form in flows as either aa or pahoehoe.-->

1. magma<!--, molten rock within the earth.-->

Derived terms
lava lamp
Lava millstone<!--:, a hard and coarse basaltic millstone from the neighborhood of the Rhine.-->
lava ware<!--:, a kind of cheap pottery made of iron slag cast into tiles, urns, table tops, etc., resembling lava in appearance.-->

Translations
trans-top|melted rock
Croatian: t+|hr|lava|f
Finnish: t+|fi|laava
French: t+|fr|lave|f
trans-mid
German: t+|de|Lava|f
Japanese: JAchar|溶岩 (y�gan)
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trans-top|magma
Croatian: t+|hr|lava|f
Finnish: t+|fi|laava
German: t+|de|Lava|f, t-|de|Magma|n
trans-mid
Japanese: JAchar|��� (maguma)
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ttbc|Maori: rangitoto

See also
aa
pahoehoe

Category:Geology

Crimean Tatar

Etymology
It.|crh lava#Italian|lava.

Noun
infl|crh|noun

1. #English|lava

Declension
crh-latin-noun|nıñ|ga|nı|da|dan

References
R:Useinov-Mireev 2002

Croatian

Noun
hr-noun|g=f|lave

1. geology|lang=hr #English|lava

Declension
hr-decl-noun
|lava|lave
|lave|lava
|lavi|lavama
|lavu|lave
|lavo|lave
|lavi|lavama
|lavom|lavama

Finnish

Noun
fi-noun|lav|type=kala

1. platform
2. stage (in a theatre etc.)

Anagrams
vala

Italian

Verb
infl|it|verb form

1. form of|third-person|Third-person singular present tense|lavare#Italian|lavare|lang=Italian
2. form of|second-person|Second-person singular imperative|lavare#Italian|lavare|lang=Italian

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• 2007-11-08 23:55 - VolkovBot - robot Adding: [[pt:lava]]

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