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Krakatau

Krakatau is the alternative form of Krakatoa.

Meaning of Krakatoa

Proper noun

Krakatoa

  1. a volcanic island made of ʻaʻā lava in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia

Questions about Krakatau

What is Krakatau the alternative form of?
Krakatau is the alternative form of Krakatoa.

Words near Krakatau in the dictionary

  1. krait
  2. kraits
  3. Krajewski
  4. Krajewskis
  5. Krajina
  6. Krakatau
  7. Krakatoa
  8. Krakatoan
  9. Krakau
  10. krake
  11. kraken

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