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somma¹

  • /ˈsɒm.ə/ UK
  • /ˈsɑ.mə/ US

Rhymes with -ɒmə

Where it comes from

Named after Mount Somma, a stratovolcano in southern Italy with a summit caldera in which the upper cone of Mount Vesuvius has grown.

noun sommas

  1. A volcanic caldera that has been partially filled by a new central cone. Eventually, a renewed edifice may grow large enough even to bury its somma, or sommas, completely, leaving no clue in its shape to a history of former catastrophe(s).

Somma²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian Somma.

proper noun Sommas

  1. A surname from Italian.

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MLA

"somma." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/somma. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

somma. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/somma

Chicago

"somma." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/somma.

BibTeX
@misc{somma_2026,
  title = {somma},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/somma},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}