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Caldera

//kælˈdɛɹ.ə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city, port, and commune in Copiapó province, Atacama region, northern Chile.
  2. 2
    A corregimiento in Boquete district, Chiriquí province, Panama.
Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caldera (“cauldron”), from Late Latin caldāria (“warm bath”), from Latin caldārium. Doublet of chowder.

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