caldera
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Definition of caldera
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A large crater formed by collapse of the cone or edifice of a volcano.
“The lakes of both Rotorua and Taupo occupy calderas left from enormous prehistoric eruptions, and magma lies at shallow depths beneath a number of centres.”
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noun
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A large crater formed by collapse of the cone or edifice of a volcano.
“The lakes of both Rotorua and Taupo occupy calderas left from enormous prehistoric eruptions, and magma lies at shallow depths beneath a number of centres.”
name
- A city, port, and commune in Copiapó province, Atacama region, northern Chile.
- A corregimiento in Boquete district, Chiriquí province, Panama.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish caldera (“cauldron”), from Late Latin caldāria (“warm bath”), from Latin caldārium. Doublet of chowder.
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