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soufrière

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Sou⋅frière

  [soo-fryer]
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–noun
1. Also, La Soufrière. a volcano in the West Indies, on St. Vincent island. 4048 ft. (1234 m).
2. Also, Grande Soufrière. a volcano in the West Indies, on Guadeloupe. 4869 ft. (1484 m).
3. a volcanic peak in the West Indies, on Montserrat island. 3002 ft. (915 m).
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Sou·fri·ère   (sōō'frē-ěr')   

  1. A volcano, 1,234.6 m (4,048 ft) high, on St. Vincent Island in the Windward Islands of the West Indies. A violent eruption in 1902 killed more than 1,000 people.

  2. also La Soufrière (lä) A volcano, 1,467 m (4,812 ft) high, on southern Basse-Terre Island, Guadeloupe, in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies. It was the site of the first eruption recorded in the West Indies (1660).

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