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tuya^¹

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Coined by Canadian volcanologist Bill Matthews in 1947. Named after Tuya Butte, in British Columbia.

noun tuyas

Table mountain formed during subglacial volcanic eruptions, consisting primarily of a mound of pyroclastic palagonitic tuff, lava delta hyaloclastites, and pillow lavas erupted subaqueously in an englacial lake, capped by a resistant layer of subaerially-emplaced lava.

Tuya^²

proper noun

A barangay of Dagami, Leyte, Philippines.

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@misc{tuya_2026,
  title = {tuya},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tuya},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}