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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A volcanic area that gives off sulfurous gases and steam.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. An area of more or less corroded and disintegrated volcanic rock, over which sulphurous gases, steam, and other volcanic emanations escape through various orifices, frequently giving rise to what are known as mud-volcanoes, mud-cones, or salses; a region of dying or dormant volcanism.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Geol.) A volcanic area or vent which yields only sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the volcanic activity.

Etymologies

  1. From Solfatara, the name of a volcano near Naples, from Italian solfo ("sulphur"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Italian, from solfo, sulfur, from Latin sulfur. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • Prolagus The Italian word for sulphur is zolfo, while solfo is archaic. Jun 22, 2010

  • avivamagnolia ~from the Italian solfo (sulphur) Jan 17, 2009

  • avivamagnolia ~vent in a volcano through which sulfur-rich gases and steam escape, leaving bright yellow sulfur deposits

    Jan 17, 2009

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