Etymology

Lokian

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of Loki, the Norse trickster god. Full definition →

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From Loki + -an. The volcanic sense derives from the volcano named Loki on Io (its most powerful volcano and largest caldera).

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