Etymology

Eyjafjallajökull

Today it means: A glacier and volcano in southern Iceland. Full definition →

Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull
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  1. Icelandic · borrowed fromEyjafjallajökull
  2. English todayEyjafjallajökull

Borrowed from Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull (literally “glacier of the Eyjafjöll”), where Eyjafjöll (literally “mountains of the islands”) is the name given to the southern side of the massif.

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