English Explanatory Dictionary

moya

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Flowing mud associated with a volcanic eruption (especially in South America), formed when snow or a lake near a volcano is disrupted, or when rain or steam mixes with soil or ash during an eruption.
name
  1. A surname from Spanish.

Word forms

moya moyas

Etymology

Said by Century to have originally been applied to mud formed by Pichincha near Quito and to derive from a South American language.

Synonyms

mud lava volcanic mud tufaceous mud
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