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Volcanology

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Etymology[edit]

From Frenchvolcanologie, from volcan(“volcano”); and/or directly from volcano +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK)IPA(key): /ˌvɒl.kənˈɒl.ə.dʒi/, /ˌvʌl.kənˈɒl.ə.dʒi/

Noun[edit]

volcanology (uncountable)

  1. The study of volcanoes.
Degree

Related terms[edit]

Volcanology

Translations[edit]

Volcanology Schools

  • Azerbaijani: vulkanologiya
  • Catalan: vulcanologiaf
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 火山學(zh), 火山学(zh)(huǒshānxué)
  • Czech: vulkanologie(cs)f
  • Danish: vulkanologi(da)c
  • Dutch: vulkanologie(nl)f
  • Esperanto: vulkanologio, vulkanoscienco
  • Finnish: vulkanologia, tulivuoritiede
  • French: volcanologie(fr)f
  • German: Vulkanologie(de)f
  • Greek: ηφαιστειολογία(el)f(ifaisteiología)
  • Hebrew: וולקנולוגיה‎(he)
  • Irish: bolcáneolaíochtf
  • Italian: vulcanologia(it)f
  • Japanese: 火山学(ja)(かざんがく, kazangaku)
  • Korean: 화산학(hwasanhak)
  • Latin: vulcanologiaf
  • Malay: kaji gunung berapi, vulkanologi
  • Maori: mātai puia
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: vulkanologim
    Nynorsk: vulkanologim
  • Polish: wulkanologiaf
  • Portuguese: vulcanologiaf
  • Romanian: vulcanologie(ro)f
  • Russian: вулканоло́гия(ru)f(vulkanológija)
  • Spanish: vulcanología(es)f
  • Swedish: vulkanologi(sv)c
  • Turkish: volkanoloji(tr)
  • Volapük: volkanav

Further reading[edit]

  • volcanology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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