sciara

Sicilian sciara.

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈʃa.ra/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: scià‧ra

sciara f (plural sciare)

1. (geology, chiefly Sicily) A mound of magmatic scoriae formed along lava flows.

• sciara in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• ascari, casari, rascia

• xara (aulic spelling)

Uncertain. Apparently of Arabic origin. Italian academia, in the hope of attributing a source, has over time accumulated unproven hypotheses found in Ancient Greek σκῐερός (skĭerós, “shady, dark coloured”) (in reference to the color of the lava stone) and a not better explained derivation from Latin flāgrō (“I burn”) (cfr. ciàguru for this latter).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃa.ɾa/
• Hyphenation: scià‧ra

sciara f (plural sciari)

1. (geology) A mound of magmatic scoriae formed along lava flows.

• → Italian: sciara