Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bárðarbunga

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: barðar-bun-ga
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An Icelandic subglacial stratovolcano located under the ice cap of Vatnajökull glacier.

Etymology

From Icelandic Bárðarbunga, from Bárður + bunga (“bulge, protuberance”), literally "Bárðar's bulge".

Origin

Source language: Icelandic

Word Breakdown

Root: Bárðarbunga

Questions

What does bárðarbunga mean?: An Icelandic subglacial stratovolcano located under the ice cap of Vatnajökull glacier.
Where does bárðarbunga come from?: It is traced to Icelandic.

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