vulcão

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vulcão

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Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Vulcanus (“Vulcan”). Doublet of Vulcano.

First attested in the 18th century.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: vul‧cão

Noun

vulcão m (plural vulcões or vulcães or vulcãos)

  1. volcano
    • 1717, Antonio Cordeyro, “Dos incendios que ſuccedèraõ à Peſte” (chapter XI), in Historia insulana das ilhas a Portugal sugeytas no Oceano Occidental, book 5, Lisbon: Antonio Pedrozo Galram, page 161, line 89:
      Na Villa de Ribeyra Grande foraõ ainda mais tremendos os ſucceſſos, porque como a ſerra, ou monte de Vulcaõ, que he o mayor de toda a Ilha, inclina mais para Ribeyra Grande, do que para Villa Franca, & deſte Vulcaõ he que queria ſahir o fogo […]
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    • 1815, M. Cuvier, “Mineralogia e Geologia”, Sciencias, in Solano Constâncio, editor, O Observador Lusitano em Pariz, volume I, Paris: N. Rougeron, page 384:
      M. de Humboldt, socio estrangeiro, communicou a historia admiravel do volcão de Jorullo , que rompeo em 1759 no Mexico […]
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