Etymology

Bárðarbunga

Today it means: An Icelandic subglacial stratovolcano located under the ice cap of Vatnajökull glacier. Full definition →

Icelandic Bárðarbunga
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  1. Icelandic · borrowed fromBárðarbunga
  2. English todayBárðarbunga

From Icelandic Bárðarbunga, from Bárður + bunga (“bulge, protuberance”), literally "Bárðar's bulge".

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