noun
solfatara
Solfatara (noun) means a place near a volcano where steam containing sulphur escapes from the ground.
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A place near a volcano where steam containing sulphur escapes from the ground.
"Holmes calls these active vents solfataras, so evidently we are at the type locality for this kind of thing."
— Richard Fortey, The Earth (2004)
"Vents that produce steam alone are fumaroles, or solfataras if laden with sulphur; impressive, but rarely exciting, they are more common on drier volcanoes than in hydrothermal basins."
— Tony Waltham, Geyser watching (2000)
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Etymology
From Italian solfatara (“a place where to find sulphates”), from solfato (“sulphate”) + -ara (“suffix that forms place nouns”). More at Italian zolfo (“sulphur”). Itself the name of Solfatara, a volcano near Naples. Compare Sicilian surfatara.
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What is the meaning of solfatara?
"solfatara" (noun) means a place near a volcano where steam containing sulphur escapes from the ground.
