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Somma

//ˈsɒm.ə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Italian.
Noun
  1. 1
    A volcanic caldera that has been partially filled by a new central cone.

    "Eventually, a renewed edifice may grow large enough even to bury its somma, or sommas, completely, leaving no clue in its shape to a history of former catastrophe(s)."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Named after Mount Somma, a stratovolcano in southern Italy with a summit caldera in which the upper cone of Mount Vesuvius has grown.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Somma.

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