Associations to the word «Krakatoa»

Wiktionary

KRAKATOA, proper noun. A volcanic island made of ʻaʻā lava in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia

Dictionary definition

KRAKATOA, noun. A small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra; its violent eruption in 1883 was the greatest in recorded history.

Wise words

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Alexander Pope