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solfatara.

An area of volcanic activity that gives off sulfurous steam.

9 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. An area of volcanic activity that gives off sulfurous steam.

Where this word comes from

From Italian solfatara (“a place where to find sulphates”), from solfato (“sulphate”) + -ara (“suffix that forms place nouns”). More at Italian zolfo (“sulphur”). Itself the name of Solfatara, a volcano near Naples. Compare Sicilian surfatara.

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