caldera
[kal-der-uh, kawl-]
noun
a large, basinlike depression resulting from the explosion or collapse of the center of a volcano.
Origin of caldera
1860–65; < Spanish Caldera, name of a crater on Canary Islands, literally, cauldron < Late Latin caldāria, noun use of feminine of caldārius of warming; see caldarium
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Caldera's wife was the only one that did not forget the accident.
Luna BenamorVicente Blasco Ibez
View of the Isle of Palma, and of the entrance into the central cavity or Caldera.
A Manual of Elementary GeologyCharles Lyell.
I marvel now that the "Caldera" should have lived through the storm.
I am a Frenchwoman, and was a passenger on board the 'Caldera.'
However this may have been, Caldera went to serve under Ancostan an officer of the king of Bisnagar.
caldera
noun
Word Origin for caldera
C19: from Spanish Caldera (literally: cauldron), name of a crater in the Canary Islands
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caldera
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