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Hekla

Meaning of "Hekla" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HEKLA

ˈhɛklə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEKLA

noun
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determiner
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Hekla is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HEKLA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hekla

Hekla (Icelandic pronunciation: ( listen)), or Hecla, is a stratovolcano in the south of Iceland with a height of 1,491 metres (4,892 ft). Hekla is one of Iceland's most active volcanoes; over 20 eruptions have occurred in and around the volcano since 874. During the Middle Ages, Europeans called the volcano the "Gateway to Hell". Hekla is part of a volcanic ridge, 40 kilometres (25 mi) long. The most active part of this ridge, a fissure about 5.5 km (3.4 mi) long named Heklugjá, is considered to be the volcano Hekla proper. Hekla looks rather like an overturned boat, with its keel being a series of craters, two of which are generally the most active. The volcano's frequent large eruptions have covered much of Iceland with tephra and these layers can be used to date eruptions of Iceland's other volcanos. 10% of the tephra created in Iceland in the last thousand years has come from Hekla, amounting to 5 km3. The volcano has produced one of the largest volumes of lava of any in the world in the last millennium, around 8 km3.

Definition of Hekla in the English dictionary

The definition of Hekla in the dictionary is a volcano in SW Iceland: several craters, subject to fairly frequent eruptions in recent times. Height: 1491 m.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEKLA

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEKLA

Heitler · hejab · Hejaz · Hejira · Hekate · heketara · Hel · Hela · helcoid · held · Heldentenor · hele · hele in · Helen · Helena · Helengrad

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEKLA

ala · Angola · Anguilla · bola · Cela · cola · formula · gala · Guatemala · Isabella · la · mala · pela · Sevilla · sola · stella · Sulla · tela · Venezuela · villa

Synonyms and antonyms of Hekla in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Hekla» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of Hekla to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Hekla from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Hekla» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

海克拉
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

Hekla
570 millions of speakers
en

English

Hekla
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

Hekla
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هيكلا
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Гекла
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

Hekla
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

Hekla
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

Hekla
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Hekla
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Hekla
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ヘクラ山
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

Hekla
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Hekla
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Hekla
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

Hekla
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

हेक्ला
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Hekla
70 millions of speakers
it

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Hekla
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Hekla
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

Гекла
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

Hekla
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Hekla
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hekla
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Hekla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Hekla
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEKLA»

Discover the use of Hekla in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Hekla and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Volcano Adventure Guide
Because Hekla has been the source of Iceland's largest explosive eruptions, it has been an important contributor to the tephra record. In fact, some of Hekla's eruptions have deposited tephra all over Iceland, and these layers are important  ...
Rosaly M. C. Lopes, 2005
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Iceland
Upstream along the t>jorsa east of Selfoss, there's a rare surviving relic ofViking o settlement in t>jorsardalur, a once fertile valley laid waste over nine hundred -H years ago by a particularly violent eruption of Hekla, which lies over the river g ...
David Leffman, James Proctor, 2004
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Lonely Planet Iceland
The name of Iceland's most famous and active volcano means Hooded One, as its 1491m-high summit is almost always shrouded in ominous-looking cloud. Hekla has vented its fury numerous times throughout history, and was once believed ...
Lonely Planet, Fran Parnell, Brandon Presser, 2010
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New Scientist
Hekla holds the key to Whether or not sunspots, weather and the eruption of volcanoes are related, this year has been a bumper for eruptions. With the opening of a fissure five kilometres long on Mount Hekla, Iceland is now in the rare position ...
5
Volcanic Hazards and Disasters in Human Antiquity
Estimates of acid deposition suggest that both the Hekla 3 and Hekla 4 eruptions yielded -60 million tons of H-,SO4 to the atmosphere (Hammer et al., 1980). Theoretically, these eruptions may have been capable of affecting atmospheric ...
Floyd W. McCoy, Grant Heiken, 2000
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Climate Development and History of the North Atlantic Realm
(1995) showed, using multiple stratified high- precision radiocarbon determinations - a so called 'wiggle match' - that the widespread Hekla 4 tephra dated closely to the range 2310+/-20 CalBC. The initial assumption had to be that it was the ...
Gerold Wefer, 2002
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Frommer's Iceland
At this point you're as close as the road will come to Hekla, the majestic, oblong, snow-crested peak rising distinctly from the plains. Hekla is the second most active volcano in Iceland, and its white collar masks its molten heart: Hekla means ...
Jane Victoria Appleton, Lisa Gail Shannen, 2010
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The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica
The lava and scorise thrown out from Mount Hekla, in Iceland. It is described in a letter of J. Garth Wilkinson, of London, to Wm. H. Hoi- combe, of New Orleans. He writes : " Its known pathological effects on the sheep in the^icinity of Hekla are ...
Constantine Hering, 2005
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Iceland
A guide to visiting Iceland that provides an overview of the country's geography, climate, history, government, economy, culture, politics, and international relations and offers information on accommodations, transportation, entertainment, ...
Andrew Evans, 2011
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Iceland: Its Scenes and Sagas
Hekla for the first time. 1029. Hekla for the second time. 1104-5. Hekla for the third time. 1113. Hekla for the fourth time. 1150. Trolladyngja for the first time. 1157. Hekla for the fifth time. 1188. Second eruption of Trolladyngia. 1204. Hekla.
Sabine Baring-Gould, Alfred Newton, 1863

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEKLA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Hekla is used in the context of the following news items.
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8 Amazing Buildings Perched Near Volcanos
The architecture firm EON transformed a former farm into this geological museum, set in the shadow of Iceland's volcanic Mt. Hekla. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Regarding the EU financial support for the LNG reloading station …
The support shall be dedicated for the joint project of Helsingborg port and Klaipedos nafta (HEKLA) as both parties together submitted ... «GlobeNewswire, Jul 15»
3
Scientists to Research Eruptions' Effects on Vegetation
An experiment is currently being set up in a young birch forest at Hekla which simulates ashfall. The idea is to regularly cover the plants with ... «IcelandReview, Jul 15»
4
Abu Dhabi's serial summiteer set for Olympus challenge
... the 50-year-old American architect and engineer has climbed the 5,486m Khumbu icefall on Mount Everest, Mount Hekla, an active volcano ... «The National, Jul 15»
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Honor Roll /
... joining a research team from the University of Iceland's Center for Remote Sensing to conduct remote sensing work at the Hekla volcanic site. «Buffalo News, Jun 15»
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Trip across Iceland includes sights both rugged and regal
From the town of Hella, you can glimpse Mount Hekla, which old Icelanders believed to be the passage to hell. Pretty Seljalandsfoss (foss ... «TBO.com, Jun 15»
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Reykjavík: a guide to the best shops, hotels and restaurants
Icelandair launched Hekla Aurora, a new aircraft showcasing the natural phenomenon of the Northern Lights to celebrate their Stopover service ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
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Complete Earthquake list (worldwide) for Monday, 22 Jun 2015
Infos + news about volcanic activity in Iceland: Hekla, Katla, Krafla, Askja, Eyafjallajökull, Heimaey, Surtsey are famous names of active ... «VolcanoDiscovery, Jun 15»
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BPO: Baltic Sea ports developing 'LNG bunkering network'
As part of the HEKLA project, an LNG liquefaction plant has been proposed in Helsingborg and an on-shore LNG reloading station to bunker ... «bunkerworld, Jun 15»
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Volcanic activity worldwide 14 Apr 2015: Kliuchevskoi volcano, Hekla
Hekla (Iceland): Small earthquake swarms occurred at shallow depths during the past days near the volcano. The quakes were located approx. «VolcanoDiscovery, Apr 15»
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