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What does Thera mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Thera? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. Alternative spelling of Thira
Name
  1. A female given name of Greek origin.
    1. (meaning, history) Wild. From the name of an island.
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In the same year he proposed the idea that the collapse of Minoan civilization in the Aegean was caused by the eruption of Thera in c. 1500 bc.
Nearby on the volcanic island of Thera, or Santorini, archaeologists dug up Minoan buildings, artifacts and a whole city, Akrotiri, buried under volcanic ash like Pompeii.
Thera is also of special interest to geologists owing to its remarkable volcanic phenomena.
The island meanwhile got its name of Thera after Theras 130 who led the settlement.
When Thera erupted, the Minoans would have been clobbered by tsunamis, overwater pyroclastic flows, and fires from oil lamps knocked over by the eruption's shockwave.
The ground was rocky and Damian quickly scrambled over to Thera.

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