puzzolana

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(po̅o̅t′sə lä′nə; It. po̅o̅t′tsô lä′nä)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
puz•zo•la•na  (po̅o̅t′sə lä′nə; It. po̅o̅t′tsô lä′nä),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Building, Foreign Termspozzolana.
Also, puz•zo•lan  (po̅o̅t′sə lən).USA pronunciation 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
puzzolana / ˌpʊtsəˈlɑːnə/
  1. a variant of pozzuolana
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
poz•zo•la•na  (pot′sə lä′nə; It. pôt′tsô lä′nä),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Geologya porous variety of volcanic tuff or ash used in making hydraulic cement.
Also, poz•zo•lan  (pot′sə lən),USA pronunciation poz•zuo•la•na  (pot′swə lä′nə; It. pôt′tswô lä′nä),USA pronunciation puzzolan, puzzolana. 
  • Latin Puteolī literally, little springs); see -an
  • Latin puteolāna, feminine of puteolānus of Pozzuoli (
  • Italian
  • 1905–10

'puzzolana' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
pozzolana - pozzuolana

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