Vulcan

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Vulcan

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvʌlkən/
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Hyphenation: Vul‧can

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin Vulcānus, probably from Etruscan although very unclear, but unknown meaning and further origin (see more in Latin entry). Doublet of volcano.

Proper noun edit

Vulcan

Common symbol for the hypothetical planet. Typographic substitute: √.

(Roman mythology) The god of volcanoes and fire, especially the forge, also the patron of all craftsmen, especially blacksmiths. The Roman counterpart of Hephaestus.
The goddess Venus was the wife of Vulcan.
A placename.
1. A town in Vulcan County, southern Alberta, Canada.
2. A volcano in Papua New Guinea.
3. A place in Romania
  1. A commune of Brașov County, Romania.
  2. A city in Hunedoara County, Romania.
  3. A village in the commune of Apold, Mureș County, Romania.
  4. A village in the commune of Ciuruleasa, Alba County, Romania.
4. A place in the United States
  1. A ghost town in Gunnison County, Colorado.
  2. An unincorporated community in Norway Township, Dickinson County, Michigan.
  3. An unincorporated community in Iron County, Missouri.
  4. An inactive volcano in New Mexico, United States.
5. (astronomy, historical) A hypothetical planet proposed in the 19th century to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun. Coined by Jacques Bobinet
6. Ellipsis of Vulcan County.

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Roman god of fire

Catalan: Vulcà m
Cherokee: ᏭᎵᎧᏂ (wulikani)
Czech: Vulkán m
French: Vulcain (fr) m
German: Vulkan (de) m
Irish: Bolcán m
Japanese: バルカン (ja) (Barukan), ウゥルカーヌス (Wurukānusu), ウルカヌス (Urukanusu), ヴァルカン (Varukan)
Korean: 불카누스 (bulkanuseu)
Manx: Vulcaan m
Marathi: व्हल्कन m (vhalkan)
Polish: Wulkan (pl) m
Portuguese: Vulcano (pt) m
Russian: Вулка́н (ru) m (Vulkán)
Spanish: Vulcano (es)
Vietnamese: Vulcan

Theoretical planet

Cherokee: ᏭᎵᎧᏂ (wulikani)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 火神星 (fo² san⁴ sing¹)

Mandarin: 火神星 (Huǒshénxīng)
Czech: Vulkán m
French: Vulcain (fr)
German: Vulkan (de) m
Irish: Bolcán
Japanese: バルカン (ja) (Barukan)
Marathi: व्हल्कन m (vhalkan)
Portuguese: Vulcano (pt) m
Russian: Вулка́н (ru) m (Vulkán)
Vietnamese: Vulcan

Etymology 2 edit

From Vulcan (etymology 1), from the Star Trek TV series of the 1960s.

Proper noun edit

Vulcan

An inhabited planet, the homeworld of the Vulcan species.
- 1998, Harriet Goldhor Lerner, The Mother Dance: How Children Change Your Life, London, page 159:
  Steve and I explained the new program to our children, who looked at us as if we had just announced that we were from the planet Vulcan.
A language constructed for the Star Trek franchise, spoken by the fictional Vulcan species.

Noun edit

Vulcan (plural Vulcans)

An inhabitant of the planet Vulcan; a species that values a personal emphasis on logic and strict personal emotional control.
(slang, derogatory) A person who, like the fictional Vulcans, seems to lack emotion or is overly analytical and boring.