Vulkan

Meaning

Noun

volcano

Name

dated form of Vulcanus (“Vulcan”)

Concepts

volcano

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Vulcan

volcanoes

vulcan

mount fuji

active volcano

mount fuji

dormant volcano

extinct volcano

Synonyms

Vulcanus

feuerspeiender Berg

Feuer speiender Berg

Translations

volcan

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volcán

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vulcano

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vulkaan

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vulcão

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ηφαίστειο

بركان

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yanardağ

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volkan

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volkan

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جبل النار

Vulcano

volcà

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/vʊlˈkaːn/

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Vulcanus (“god of fire”). Attested as a mythological term in German since the 11th c. The modern sense since the 16th c. from an internationalism, whose precise development is uncertain; the earliest attestations of appellative use are found in Arabic بُرْكان (burkān, 13th c.), Old Spanish vulcan (13th c.), and Middle French vulcan (14th c.).