sciara

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Italian

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Etymology

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Sicilian sciara.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): */ˈʃa.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Hyphenation: scià‧ra

Noun

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sciara f (plural sciare)

  1. (geology, chiefly Sicily) A mound of magmatic scoriae formed along lava flows.

Further reading

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  • sciara in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Sicilian

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Alternative forms

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  • xara (aulic spelling)

Etymology

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Uncertain. Apparently of Arabic origin. Italian academia, in the hope of attributing a source, has over time accumulated unproven hypotheses found in Ancient Greek σκῐερός (skierós, shady, dark coloured) (in reference to the color of the lava stone) and a not better explained derivation from Latin flāgrō (I burn) (cfr. ciàguru for this latter).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃa.ɾa/
  • Hyphenation: scià‧ra

Noun

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sciara f (plural sciari)

  1. (geology) A mound of magmatic scoriae formed along lava flows.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Italian: sciara

See also

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