English
Etymology
From Italian vulcano, from L. Vulcanus "Vulcan," the Roman god of fire and metalworking. Perhaps related to Greek polytonic|�ῦ� (pyr) "fire" and καίειν (kaiein) "to burn."
Pronunciation
IPA|{{RP|/v�l�keɪn��/}}
IPA|General American|US/v�l�keɪno�/
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Noun
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- A mountain that contains a magma chamber attached to the mantle of the planet or moon and which periodically erupts forth, usually explosively, with lava and volcanic gases.
Translations
trans-top|mountain containing a magma chamber
Arabic: ARchar|بر�ا� (burká:n) m, ARchar|جب� ا��ار (jábal an-n�r) m
Belarusian: в�лкан
Bosnian: vulkan m
Bulgarian: в�лкан m
Chinese: �山 (hu�sh�n)
Croatian: t+|hr|vulkan|m
Czech: sopka f
Dutch: vulkaan m
Esperanto: vulkano
French: volcan m
German: Vulkan m
Hungarian: vulkán, tűzhányó
Icelandic: eldfjall n
Italian: vulcano m
Japanese: �山 (���, kazan)
Korean: �� (hwasan)
Kurdish: volkan m
Macedonian: в�лкан m
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Maltese: vulkan m
Norwegian: vulkan m
Persian: FAchar|آتش �شا� (âtaš fešân)
Polish: wulkan
Portuguese: vulcão m
Russian: в�лкан (vulkán) m
Scottish Gaelic: beinn-teine f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: в�лкан m
:Roman: vulkan m
Sicilian: vurcanu m, vulcanu m
Slovene: ognjenik m, vulkan m
Spanish: volcán m
Swedish: vulkan
Tamil: �ரிமல�
Turkish: yanarda�, volkan
Vietnamese: núi lá»a
Welsh: llosgfynydd
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Related terms
complex volcano
extinct volcano
mud vulcano
shield volcano
stratovolcano
supervolcano
volcanic
volcanism
volcanology
See also
crater
lava
lava flow
magma
vent
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