The volcano last erupted 25 years ago.
after months of tension the roommates' living situation was a volcano
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Magma began flowing at a volcano near the town of Grindavík, where some 40 homes have been evacuated, national broadcaster RUV said.—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025 The volcano’s gift This is not the first time banana farming has been under existential threat from Panama disease.—Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2025 The active volcano has erupted more than dozen times since Dec. 23, with each episode lasting between 13 hours to 8 days, the USGS confirmed.—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025 The volcano’s latest eruption began just before 9:30 a.m. local time on Wednesday, March 19, according to a notice posted by the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO).—Abigail Adams, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for volcano
Word History
Etymology
Italian or Spanish; Italian vulcano, from Spanish volcán, ultimately from Latin Volcanus Vulcan
: a vent in the earth's crust from which melted or hot rock and steam come out
also: a hill or mountain composed entirely or in part of the material thrown out
Etymology
from Italian or Spanish; Italian vulcano "volcano," from Spanish vulcán, from Latin Volcanus, Vulcanus "Vulcan (Roman god of fire)"
Word Origin
The ancient Greeks and Romans had many gods and goddesses. Each of these deities was in charge of a special kind of work or an aspect of nature. Many of the happenings in nature were explained in myth as the actions of one or more of these gods or goddesses. The Roman god of fire was known as Vulcanus in Latin (Vulcan in English). He was thought to live inside Mount Etna, a volcano on the island of Sicily. Vulcan was a giant who worked as a blacksmith, forging the thunderbolts for Jupiter, king of the gods. The smoke and occasional fiery rocks and lava that came from Mount Etna were thought to be from Vulcan's forge. That is how his name came to be applied to a mountain that sometimes spews forth fire and smoke.
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