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Meaning of moya | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. Flowing mud associated with a volcanic eruption (especially in South America), formed when snow or a lake near a volcano is disrupted, or when rain or steam mixes with soil or ash during an eruption.
  2. A surname from Spanish.

Equivalents

Français moya Moya

Examples

“These are the principal tufas indicative of the boiling tufaceous mud, or moya, which once filled, even to an overflow, the valley of Rieden.”

CEFR level

C2
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