English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
From Italian vulcano, from Latin Vulcanus (“Vulcan”) the Roman god of fire and metalworking.
Pronunciation [edit]
volcano (plural volcanos or volcanoes)
- A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from "volcano"
Translations [edit]
mountain containing a magma chamber
- Afrikaans: vulkaan
- Albanian: vullkan
- Amharic: እሳተ ጎመራ (am) (ʼəsatä gomära)
- Arabic: بركان (burkān) m, جبل النار (jábalu-n-nār) m
- Aragonese: bolcán
- Armenian: հրաբուխ (hy) (hrabux)
- Asturian: volcán (ast) m
- Azeri: vulkan (az), yanardağ (az)
- Belarusian: вулкан (be) (vułkan)
- Bengali: আগ্নেয়গিরি (bn)
- Bulgarian: вулкан (bg) (vulkan) m
- Catalan: volcà
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 火山 (cmn) (huǒshān)
- Corsican: volcanu (co)
- Czech: sopka (cs) f, vulkán (cs)
- Danish: vulkan (da)
- Dutch: vulkaan (nl) m, vuurberg (nl) m
- Esperanto: vulkano (eo)
- Estonian: vulkaan (et), tulemägi (et)
- Faroese: gosfjall (fo)
- Finnish: tulivuori (fi)
- French: volcan (fr) m
- Friulian: vulcan
- Galician: volcán (gl) m
- Georgian: ვულკანი (ka) (vulkani)
- German: Vulkan (de) m
- Greek: ηφαίστειο (el) (ifaísteio) n
- Haitian Creole: vòlkan
- Hawaiian: lua pele, pele
- Hebrew: הר געש
- Hindi: ज्वालामुखी (hi) (jwalamukhi)
- Hungarian: vulkán (hu), tűzhányó (hu)
- Icelandic: eldfjall (is) n
- Ido: volkano (io)
- Indonesian: gunung berapi
- Italian: vulcano (it) m
- Japanese: 火山 (かざん, kazan)
- Javanese: gunung geni (jv)
- Jèrriais: montangne dé feu f, montangne brûlante f
- Kannada: ಜ್ವಾಲಾಮುಖಿ (kn) (jvālāmukhi), ಅಗ್ನಿಪರ್ವತ (kn) (agniparvata), ಉರಿಬೆಟ್ಟ (kn) (uribeṭṭa)
- Khmer: ភ្នំភ្លើង (km) (pnum pləəng)
- Korean: 화산 (hwasan)
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