Solfatara

Origin

From Solfatara, the name of a volcano near Naples, from Italian solfo ("sulphur").

Full definition of solfatara

Noun

1. An area of volcanic activity that gives off sulfurous steam. from 18th c.
• 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 24:Holmes calls these active vents solfataras, so evidently we are at the type locality for this kind of thing.

Hypernyms

• fumarole