Eyjafjallajökull

/ˈeɪ.aˌfjat.laˌjɜ.kəl/

proper noun

A glacier and volcano in southern Iceland.

OriginIcelandic Eyjafjallajökull →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A glacier and volcano in southern Iceland.

    Catch a throatful from the fire vocal / With ash and molten glass like I am Eyjafjallajökull / The volcano out of Iceland / He'll conquer and destroy the rap world like the white men

    2012, “Guv'nor”, in Key to the Kuffs, performed by JJ DOOM

Origin

  1. IcelandicEyjafjallajökull
  2. EnglishEyjafjallajökull

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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APA

Eyjafjallajökull. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull

MLA

“Eyjafjallajökull.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Eyjafjallajökull,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull.

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