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NYIRAGONGO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nyiragongo mean?
• NYIRAGONGO (noun)
The noun NYIRAGONGO has 1 sense:
1. an active volcano in eastern Congo
Familiarity information: NYIRAGONGO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An active volcano in eastern Congo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
volcano (a mountain formed by volcanic material)
Holonyms ("Nyiragongo" is a part of...):
Belgian Congo; Congo; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Zaire (a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960)
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