English Explanatory Dictionary

Eyjafjallajökull

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A glacier and volcano in southern Iceland.

Pronunciation

/ˈeɪ.aˌfjat.laˌjɜ.kəl/

Word forms

Eyjafjallajökull

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull (literally “glacier of the Eyjafjöll”), where Eyjafjöll (literally “mountains of the islands”) is the name given to the southern side of the massif.

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