MAUNA LOA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mauna Loa mean? 

• MAUNA LOA (noun)
  The noun MAUNA LOA has 1 sense:

1. an active volcano on south central Hawaii Island

  Familiarity information: MAUNA LOA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAUNA LOA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An active volcano on south central Hawaii Island

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

volcano (a mountain formed by volcanic material)

Holonyms ("Mauna Loa" is a part of...):

Hawaii; Hawaii Island (the largest and southernmost of the Hawaii islands; has several volcanic peaks)

 Context examples 

The annual growth rate of atmospheric CO2 measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii jumped 3.05 ppm during 2015, the largest year-to-year increase in 56 years of monitoring.

(South Pole is last place on Earth to pass global warming milestone, NOAA)