Definitions for vulcanˈvʌl kən
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Vul•canˈvʌl kən(n.)
the Roman god of fire and metalworking: identified with the Greek god Hephaestus.
Category: Mythology
a hypothetical planet nearest the sun whose existence was erroneously postulated to account for perturbations in Mercury's orbit.
Category: Astronomy
Origin of Vulcan:
1505–15; < L Vulcānus
Princeton's WordNet
Vulcan(noun)
(Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working; counterpart of Greek Hephaestus
Webster Dictionary
Vulcan(noun)
the god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; -- answering to the Greek Hephaestus
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Vulcan
the Roman god of fire and an artificer In metals, identified with the Greek Hephæstus (q. v.); had a temple to his honour in early Rome; was fabled to have had a forge under Mount Etna, where he manufactured thunderbolts for Jupiter, the Cyclops being his workmen.
Translations for vulcan
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
volcano(noun)
a hill or mountain with an opening through which molten rock, ashes etc periodically erupt, or have erupted in the past, from inside the earth
The village was destroyed when the volcano erupted.
- vulkaanAfrikaans
- بُرْكانArabic
- вулканBulgarian
- vulcãoPortuguese (BR)
- sopkaCzech
- der VulkanGerman
- vulkanDanish
- ηφαίστειοGreek
- volcánSpanish
- vulkaanEstonian
- کوه آتشفشانFarsi
- tulivuoriFinnish
- volcanFrench
- הַר גַעַשHebrew
- ज्वालामुखीपहाडHindi
- vulkanCroatian
- vulkánHungarian
- gunung berapiIndonesian
- eldfjallIcelandic
- vulcanoItalian
- 火山Japanese
- 화산Korean
- vulkanasLithuanian
- vulkānsLatvian
- gunung berapiMalay
- vulkaanDutch
- vulkanNorwegian
- wulkanPolish
- vulcãoPortuguese
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- вулканRussian
- sopkaSlovak
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- vulkanSerbian
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- ภูเขาไฟThai
- volkanTurkish
- 火山Chinese (Trad.)
- вулканUkrainian
- آتش فشاں پہاڑ، جوالا مکھيUrdu
- núi lửaVietnamese
- 火山Chinese (Simp.)
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