stratovolcano

English

Mount Fuji, a stratovolcano.

Etymology

strato- +‎ volcano.

Noun

stratovolcano (plural stratovolcanos or stratovolcanoes)

(volcanology) A tall conical volcano, composed of layers (or strata) of hardened lava, tephra and ash.

Translations

volcano

Dutch: stratovulkaan (nl) m
French: stratovolcan (fr) m
German: Schichtvulkan m
Greek: στρωματοηφαίστειο n (stromatoïfaísteio)
Italian: stratovulcano m

Japanese: 成層火山 (せいそうかざん, sēsōkazan)
Polish: stratowulkan m
Portuguese: estratovulcão m
Spanish: estratovolcán (es) m

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