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mauna loa
1[ mou-nuh loh-uh, maw-nuh ]
noun
- a vine, Canavalia microcarpa, of the legume family, naturalized in Hawaii, having pink or lavender flowers used to make leis.
Mauna Loa
2[ mou-nuh loh-uh, maw-nuh ]
noun
- an active volcano on the Island of Hawaii: one of the five shield volcanoes that form the island, and the world’s largest volcano that rises above the ocean. 13,680 feet (4,170 meters).
Mauna Loa
/ ˈmaʊnɑː ˈləʊɑː /
noun
- an active volcano in Hawaii, on S central Hawaii island. Height: 4171 m (13 684 ft)
Word History and Origins
Origin of mauna loa1
Origin of mauna loa2
Example Sentences
A study reported that aerial bombing “has a substantial probability of success for diversion of lava” based on US Air Force bombing experiments on Mauna Loa in the 1970s.
It does snow on Hawaii Island in the winter months—at the summits of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea—but that likely won’t affect your visit.
Evidently they were either hurt or distressed that we should think of scientifically observing Mauna Loa.
Our arrival at Mauna Loa seemed to prove, as it were, the signal for the mountain to burst out at once into full activity.
Tossed madly about in the storm, it was carried far across the flank of Mauna Loa and dropped into the sea off the shore of Kau.
Considering its submarine portion, Mauna Loa really rises nearly 30,000 feet above the sea floor.
Who will deny that Kilauea may not soar even above Mauna Loa?
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