Tambora
[ tahm-baw-rah, -boh-, -buh- ]
/ ˈtɑm bɔˌrɑ, -boʊ-, -bə- /
noun
an active volcano in Indonesia, on N Sumbawa: eruption 1815. 9042 feet (2756 meters).
Example sentences from the Web for tambora
The Tambora warming of the poles was connected to the sudden flurry in expeditions that you get in the late eighteen-teens.
The volcano, named Tambora and located on the island of Java in what is now Indonesia, exploded on April 5, 1816.
British Dictionary definitions for tambora
Tambora
/ (ˈtæmbəˌrɑː) /
noun
a volcano in Indonesia, on N Sumbawa: violent eruption of 1815 reduced its height from about 4000 m (13 000 ft) to 2850 m (9400 ft)