How to pronounce lahar
American English pronunciation
LAH-har
- IPA
- /ˈlɑhɑɹ/
- Syllables
- LAH · har (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What lahar means
A rushing flow of mud and rock down the side of a volcano
In a sentence: Scientists put sensors along the valley to warn villages if a lahar started down the volcano.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from Javanese, and a geologist brought it into science in 1922.
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