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GALERAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Galeras mean? 

GALERAS (noun)
  The noun GALERAS has 1 sense:

1. an active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andesplay

  Familiarity information: GALERAS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GALERAS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Galeras; Pasto

Instance hypernyms:

volcano (a mountain formed by volcanic material)

Holonyms ("Galeras" is a part of...):

Colombia; Republic of Colombia (a republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1821 under the leadership of Simon Bolivar; Spanish is the official language)


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