Moya
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Moya is a noun meaning (obsolete, geology) Flowing mud associated with a volcanic eruption (especially in South America), formed when snow or a lake near a volcano is disrupted, or when rain or steam mixes with soil or ash during an eruption.
Meaning
(obsolete, geology) Flowing mud associated with a volcanic eruption (especially in South America), formed when snow or a lake near a volcano is disrupted, or when rain or steam mixes with soil or ash during an eruption.
Example Sentences
These are the principal tufas indicative of the boiling tufaceous mud, or moya, which once filled, even to an overflow, the valley of Rieden.
Word Forms
- moyas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sola, ni, moyo, mire, mofette, moffette.
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