solfatara

[ sohl-fuh-tahr-uh, sol- ]

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noun

, Geology.

solfatara

/ ˌsɒlfəˈtɑːrə /

a volcanic vent emitting only sulphurous gases and water vapour or sometimes hot mud

1770–80; < Italian (Neapolitan) solfatara, derivative of solfo < Latin sulfur; sulfur

C18: from Italian: a sulphurous volcano near Naples, from solfo sulphur

On our way back we visited Solfatara, the celebrated crater plain, about 1000 feet in length by 800 in breadth, skirted by hills.

When the ground was struck with a stick, it gave forth a hollow rumbling sound like at Solfatara.

A walk up a boulder-strewn slope reaches the old crater, or Solfatara, almost surrounded by steep walls of rock.

The whole of the Solfatara crater has been enclosed for the purpose of manufacturing alum from its soil.

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

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