Tambora

American  

[tahm-baw-rah, -boh-, -buh-] / ˈtɑm bɔˌrɑ, -boʊ-, -bə- /

noun

1. an active volcano in Indonesia, on N Sumbawa: eruption 1815. 9,042 feet (2,756 meters).

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Tambora British  

/ ˈtæmbəˌrɑː /

noun

1. a volcano in Indonesia, on N Sumbawa: violent eruption of 1815 reduced its height from about 4000 m (13 000 ft) to 2850 m (9400 ft)

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Example Sentences

The horns and tambora spill into the street as the neighborhood celebrates early Día de los Muertos festivities.

From Los Angeles Times

Think of the blast of Mount Tambora, on an Indonesian island in 1815, the most powerful eruption in recorded human history.

From Literature

Tambora shot so much sunlight-blocking ash and gas into the atmosphere that snow fell in New York State in June the next year.

From Literature

Tambora volcano eruption in Indonesia, which clouded sunlight around the world for more than a year.

From Los Angeles Times

The unusually cold year of 1816, which went down in history as the Year Without a Summer, stemmed from an eruption of the Tambora volcano in Indonesia in April of 1815, possibly exacerbated by a hitherto unknown volcanic eruption six years before.

From Science Daily