Definitions for krakatao
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Princeton's WordNet
Krakatau, Krakatao, Krakatoa(noun)
a small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra; its violent eruption in 1883 was the greatest in recorded history
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Krakatao
a volcanic island in the narrow Strait of Sunda, between Java and Sumatra; was the scene of a terrific eruption in 1883, causing a tidal wave that swept round the globe, and raising quantities of dust that made the sunsets in Britain even more than usually red for three years.
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