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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, Mureș 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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