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caverna

Pronunciation: [kaˈwɛr.na]

“caverna” is a Latin word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a hollow, cavity, cave, cavern, grotto, hole
  2. a vault, chamber, cleft of heaven
  3. a hold (cargo compartment of a ship)
  4. bodily orifice

Etymology

From cavus (“hollow, excavated, concave”) + -erna.

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