words; Meru means "mountain" and awu or abumeans "ash". Mount Merbabu  is a  dormant   stratovolcano  in  Central Java  province on the  Indonesian  island of  Java . The name  Merbabu  could be loosely translated as ‘Mountain of Ash’ from the  Javanese  combined words;  Meru  means “mountain” and  awu  or  abu means