Meaning

1 senses
  1. A volcanic mudflow.

    Lahar

    лаха́рlaxár

More definitions
  • an avalanche of volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano

Translations

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By meaning 1
volcanic mudflow:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
volcanic mudflow:

Origin

Borrowed from Javanese ꦭꦲꦂ (lahar). Introduced as geological term by Berend George Escher

Borrowed from Javanese ꦭꦲꦂ (lahar). Introduced as geological term by Berend George Escher in 1922.

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Forms

plural: lahars
Singularlahar
Plurallahars

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpyroclast

See also

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