English Explanatory Dictionary

solfatara

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

solfatara solfataras solfatare

Etymology

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.

Derived words

solfataric
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