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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| caldera |
| SYLLABICATION: | cal·de·ra |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k l-dâr  , -dîr, käl- |
| NOUN: | A large crater formed by volcanic explosion or by collapse of a volcanic cone. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | Spanish, cauldron, caldera, from Late Latin cald ria. See cauldron.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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