Vulcan
pronunciation
How to pronounce Vulcan in British English:
UK [ˈvʌlkən]
How to pronounce Vulcan in American English:
US [ˈvʌlkən]
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- Noun:
- (Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working; counterpart of Greek Hephaestus
Word Origin
- Vulcan (n.)
- god of fire and metal-work in Roman mythology, 1510s, from Latin Vulcanus, Volcanus, according to Klein a word of Etruscan origin. Often with allusions to his lameness and the unfaithfulness of his wife, Venus. As the name of a hypothetical planet between Mercury and the Sun, it is attested from 1860. French physician Edmond Modeste Lescarbault claimed to have discovered it crossing the Sun's disk in 1859. The Roman feast of Vulcanalia was on Aug. 23.
Example
- 1. Vulcan , st. louis world 's fair , 1904 .
- 2. You suggest that I should be completely vulcan ?
- 3. They even gave it a name : vulcan .
- 4. It was the day of the festival for vulcan , the roman god of fire .
- 5. The eyewitnesses described the craft as looking like a " vulcan bomber " .