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The word volcano comes from Vulcan, The Roman God of fire and blacksmiths.

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The term "volcano" comes from Vulcan, the Roman god of fire. This name was given to these mountainous formations due to their association with volcanic eruptions and the fiery lava that flows from them.

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they are named that because some of the first people who named them were romans, and they got it from the latin word "Volcan", which means "mountain of fire".

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