Solfatara Definition

sōlfə-tärə
noun
A volcanic vent or fissure giving off only vapors, esp. sulfurous gases.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Solfatara

Noun

Singular:
solfatara
Plural:
solfataras

Origin of Solfatara

  • From Solfatara, the name of a volcano near Naples, from Italian solfo (“sulphur").

    From Wiktionary

  • Italian from solfo sulfur from Latin sulfur

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Solfatara Sentence Examples

  • Sulphur containing selenium, such as occurs in the isle of Vulcano in the Lipari Isles, may be orange-red; and a similar colour is seen in sulphur which contains arsenic sulphide, such as that from La Solfatara near Naples.

  • The vast works for the refining of sulphur in the volcanic district of Solfatara were erected under his direction.

  • A triple-peaked volcano in the solfatara stage, extinct at the summit, but displaying considerable activity at its base in the form of numerous fumaroles and boiling sulilhur springs.

  • Beyond Posilipo is the small island of Nisida (Nesis); and at a short distance inland are the extinct craters of Solfatara and Astroni and the lake of Agnano.

  • A stream of lava issued in 1198 from the crater of the Solfatara, which still continues to exhale steam and noxious gases; the Lava dell' Arso came out of the N.E.

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SSOSOL

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