Eyjafjallajökull

Icelandic

/ˈeiːjaˌfjatlaˌjœːkʏtl/

proper noun
Definitions
  • Eyjafjallajökull glacier and volcano in Iceland

Etymology

Affix from Icelandic Eyjafjalla (mountains m) + Icelandic is (tremor, studies, studying, wood, a chord, polygon, glacier, standard, a line, a clothesline, yearning)+ Icelandic Eyjafjöll, name of the southern side of the massif + Icelandic is (tremor, studies, studying, wood, a chord, polygon, glacier, standard, a line, a clothesline, yearning)+ Icelandic fjöll] of the islands [m + Icelandic is (tremor, studies, studying, wood, a chord, polygon, glacier, standard, a line, a clothesline, yearning)+ Icelandic eyja, genitive plural of m + Icelandic is (tremor, studies, studying, wood, a chord, polygon, glacier, standard, a line, a clothesline, yearning)+ Icelandic ey] + Icelandic jökull (glacier).

Origin

Icelandic

jökull

Gloss

glacier

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