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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa. An explosive eruption in 1815 killed tens of thousands of people and is believed to have affected the world's climate for several years, causing unusually cold weather in Europe and North America.

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Examples

  • The chill of 1816 has long been blamed on an Indonesian volcano called Tambora, which erupted the year before.

    NPR Topics: News 2009

  • The chill of 1816 has long been blamed on an Indonesian volcano called Tambora, which erupted the year before.

    NPR Topics: News 2009

  • Scientists have long been aware that the massive and violent eruption in 1815 of an Indonesian volcano called Tambora, which killed more than 88,000 people in Indonesia, had caused the worldwide cold weather in 1816 and after.

    Newswise: Latest News 2009

  • The chill of 1816 has long been blamed on an Indonesian volcano called Tambora, which erupted the year before.

    NPR Topics: News 2009

  • The chill of 1816 has long been blamed on an Indonesian volcano called Tambora, which erupted the year before.

    NPR Topics: News 2009

  • Scientists have long been aware that the massive and violent eruption in 1815 of an Indonesian volcano called Tambora, which killed more than 88,000 people in Indonesia, had caused the worldwide cold weather in 1816 and after.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • The chill of 1816 has long been blamed on an Indonesian volcano called Tambora, which erupted the year before.

    NPR Topics: News 2009

  • The chill of 1816 has long been blamed on an Indonesian volcano called Tambora, which erupted the year before.

    NPR Topics: News 2009

  • When Mount Tambora erupted in Indonesia in 1815 and spewed sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere, farmers in New England recorded a summer so chilly that their fields frosted over in July.

    Re-Engineering the Earth 2009

  • When Mount Tambora erupted in Indonesia in 1815 and spewed sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere, farmers in New England recorded a summer so chilly that their fields frosted over in July.

    Re-Engineering the Earth 2009

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