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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
caldera
 
SYLLABICATION:cal·de·ra
PRONUNCIATION:  kl-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 caldria. See cauldron.
 
 
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