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Year Without a Summer

Year Without a Summer proper noun: the year 1816, in which the severe climate abnormalities of a volcanic winter caused average global temperatures to decrease.

Proper noun

Year Without a Summer

  1. The year 1816, in which the severe climate abnormalities of a volcanic winter caused average global temperatures to decrease.

Questions about Year Without a Summer

What does Year Without a Summer mean?
Year Without a Summer means the year 1816, in which the severe climate abnormalities of a volcanic winter caused average global temperatures to decrease.
What part of speech is Year Without a Summer?
Year Without a Summer is a proper noun.

Words near Year Without a Summer in the dictionary

  1. year of grace
  2. year of our Lord
  3. year of the Lord
  4. year out
  5. year to date
  6. Year Without a Summer
  7. year zero
  8. year's mind
  9. year's purchase
  10. year-around
  11. year-bird

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