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Nyiragongo

Nyiragongo

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An active volcano in eastern Congo with a large long-lasting lava lake
  • proper noun
: Nyiragongo
  • Mt. Nyiragongo
  • Nyiragongo erupted

Examples

  • Nyiragongo Volcano, Virunga National Park, Eastern Congo

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  • A whopping two kilometers wide and usually containing a lava lake, Nyiragongo Volcano is one of Africa's most active volcanoes.

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  • A whopping two kilometers wide and usually containing a lava lake, Nyiragongo Volcano is one of Africa's most active volcanoes.

  • At night, the crest of Nyiragongo gives off a roseate glow.

  • Twice in recent years, Nyiragongo's eruptions have sent molten rock flowing toward the city.

Synonyms

Mount Nyiragongo
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An active volcano in eastern Congo that has a large lava lake

is the same volcano but uses the name without a mountain title

Surface Forms

Nyiragongo main

Etymology

Nyiragongo comes from the local Bantu languages of eastern Congo. A helpful way to remember it is to see it as Nyira- + -gongo, a common local name form, so the name fits the volcano as 'the mountain that holds' its famous lava lake.