VULCAN

Vulcan

(noun) (Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working; counterpart of Greek Hephaestus

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Proper noun

Vulcan

(Roman god) The god of volcanoes and fire, especially the forge, also the patron of all craftsmen, principally blacksmiths. The Roman counterpart of Hephaestus.

(astronomy, historical) A hypothetical planet proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun in a 19th-century hypothesis.

A town in southern Alberta, Canada.

A volcano in Papua New Guinea.

A commune in Brașov County, Romania.

A city in Hunedoara County, Romania.

A village in the commune of Apold, MureČ™ County, Romania.

A village in the commune of Ciuruleasa, Alba County, Romania.

A ghost town in Gunnison County, Colorado.

An unincorporated community in Norway Township, Dickinson County, Michigan.

An unincorporated community in Iron County, Missouri.

An inactive volcano in New Mexico.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Vulcan

(fiction) An inhabited planet, the homeworld of the Vulcan species.

Noun

Vulcan (plural Vulcans)

(fiction) An inhabitant of the planet Vulcan.

(slang, pejorative) A person who seems to lack emotion or is overly analytical and boring (like the fictional Vulcans).

Synonyms

• (slang): Spock

Source: Wiktionary


Vul"can, n. Etym: [L. Vulcanus, Volcanus: cf. Skr. ulka a firebrand, meteor. Cf. Volcano.] (Rom. Myth.)

Definition: The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; -- answering to the Greek Hephæstus.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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