stratovolcano

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noun

A tall conical volcano, composed of layers (or strata) of hardened lava, tephra and ash.

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Meanings

nounstratovolcano (plural stratovolcanoes or stratovolcanos)

plural stratovolcanoes · plural stratovolcanos

  1. geographyA tall conical volcano, composed of layers (or strata) of hardened lava, tephra and ash.

Origin

  1. Englishstrato-
  2. LatinVulcānu
  3. ItalianVulcano
  4. Italianvulcano
  5. Englishvolcano
  6. Englishstratovolcano

From strato- (“layer”) + volcano.

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Translations

Bulgarian стратовулка́н
  • стратовулка́н (stratovulkán)volcano
Chinese Mandarin 複式火山 /复式火山
  • 複式火山 /复式火山 (fùshì huǒshān)volcano
Czech stratovulkán
  • stratovulkánvolcano
Dutch stratovulkaan
  • stratovulkaanvolcano
French stratovolcan
  • stratovolcanvolcano
German Schichtvulkan, Stratovulkan
  • Schichtvulkanvolcano
  • Stratovulkanvolcano
Greek στρωματοηφαίστειο
  • στρωματοηφαίστειο (stromatoïfaísteio)volcano
Icelandic eldkeila
  • eldkeilavolcano
Italian stratovulcano
  • stratovulcanovolcano
Japanese 成層火山
  • 成層火山 (sēsōkazan)volcano
Polish stratowulkan
  • stratowulkanvolcano
Portuguese estratovulcão
  • estratovulcãovolcano
Russian стратовулка́н, слои́стый вулка́н
  • стратовулка́н (stratovulkán)volcano
  • слои́стый вулка́н (sloístyj vulkán)volcano
Spanish estratovolcán
  • estratovolcánvolcano
Cite this entry
APA

stratovolcano. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stratovolcano

MLA

“stratovolcano.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stratovolcano. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stratovolcano,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stratovolcano.

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