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solfatara

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sol=fa=ta=ra

CIDE DICTIONARY

solfataran. [It., from solfo brimstone, sulphur, L. sulfur, E. sulphur.].
     A volcanic area or vent which yields only sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the volcanic activity.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

solfatara, n. a volcanic vent emitting only sulphurous and other vapours.

Etymology
name of a volcano near Naples, f. It. solfo sulphur

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