How to pronounce caldera
American English pronunciation
kal-DAIR-uh
- IPA
- /kælˈdɛɹə/
- Syllables
- kal · DAIR · uh (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What caldera means
A huge bowl-shaped hollow left when a volcano falls in on itself
In a sentence: A deep blue lake now fills the caldera where the old volcano once stood.
Where it comes from: It's the Spanish word for a big cooking pot, which goes back to a Latin word for a warm bath.
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