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bulkan [bul.kan.] : volcano (n.)
Related words: lahar

Derivatives of bulkan


Glosses:
volcano
n. (object)1. vent, volcanoa fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt.
~ crack, scissure, cleft, crevice, fissurea long narrow opening.
~ eructation, extravasation, eruption(of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed).
~ active(of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt.; "active volcanos"
n. (object)2. volcanoa mountain formed by volcanic material.
~ asama, mount asamaa volcano in central Honshu near Nagano; one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet).
~ mount pinatubo, pinatuboa volcano on Luzon to the northwest of Manila; erupted in 1991 after 600 years of dormancy.
~ cameroonan inactive volcano in western Cameroon; highest peak on the West African coast.
~ citlaltepetl, mount orizaba, mt orizaba, pico de orizabaan extinct volcano in southern Mexico between Mexico City and Veracruz; the highest peak in Mexico (18,695 feet).
~ colima, nevado de colima, volcan de colimaan active volcano in southwestern Mexico.
~ cotacachian Andean volcano in northern Ecuador; last erupted in 1955.
~ cotopaxithe world's largest active volcano; located in the Andes in north central Ecuador.
~ demavendan active volcano in northern Iran.
~ el mistithe world's 2nd largest active volcano; located in the Andes in southern Peru.
~ etna, mount etna, mt etnaan inactive volcano in Sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in Europe (10,500 feet).
~ fuegoa volcano in south central Guatemala.
~ fuji-san, fujinoyama, fujiyama, mount fuji, fujian extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages.
~ galeras, pastoan active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes.
~ guallatirithe world's highest volcano; in the Andes in northern Chile; last erupted in 1959.
~ huainaputinaan inactive volcano in the Andes in southern Peru; last erupted in 1783.
~ klyuchevskayaan inactive volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula; last erupted in 1946.
~ krakatao, krakatau, krakatoaa small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra; its violent eruption in 1883 was the greatest in recorded history.
~ lascara volcano in the Andes in Chile.
~ mauna keaan active volcano on north central Hawaii Island; highest peak in the Hawaiian Islands.
~ mauna loaan active volcano on south central Hawaii Island.
~ nyamuragiraan active volcano in eastern Congo.
~ nyiragongoan active volcano in eastern Congo.
~ puracean inactive volcano in the Andes in southern Colombia; last erupted in 1950.
~ sangayan inactive volcano in the Andes in central Ecuador; last erupted in 1946.
~ tupungatitoan inactive volcano in central Chile; last erupted in 1959.
~ mount saint helens, mount st. helens, mt. st. helensan active volcano in the Cascade Range in southwestern Washington; erupted violently in 1980 after 123 years of inactivity.
~ mount vesuvius, mt. vesuvius, vesuviusa volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast; a Plinian eruption in 79 AD buried Pompeii and killed Pliny the Elder; last erupted in 1944.
~ mountain, mounta land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill.
~ crater, volcanic cratera bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano.