English Explanatory Dictionary

tuya

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Table mountain formed during subglacial volcanic eruptions, consisting primarily of a mound of pyroclastic palagonitic tuff, lava delta hyaloclastites, and pillow lavas erupted subaqueously in an englacial lake, capped by a resistant layer of subaerially-emplaced lava.
name
  1. A barangay of Dagami, Leyte, Philippines.

Word forms

tuya tuyas

Etymology

Coined by Canadian volcanologist Bill Matthews in 1947. Named after Tuya Butte, in British Columbia.

Related words

tindar móberg glaciovolcanism
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