What does "kilauea" mean?

An active volcano in Hawaii Island, (Big Island, Island of Hawaii) Hawaiian Islands, Pacific, Hawaii, United States.

Kilauea

Common synonyms include: eruptive system, geographic region, park area, shield volcano, volcanic complex, volcano.

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Proper Noun

1
An active volcano in Hawaii Island, (Big Island, Island of Hawaii) Hawaiian Islands, Pacific, Hawaii, United States.
2
A town near the eponymous volcano Hawaii, Hawaii, United States.

"On the lava fields of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, a team of NASA researchers and partners have been busy doing science in a most unusual way."

From Hawaiian Kīlauea, from kī (intensifying prefix) + lau (“many, much”) + ea (“to rise, go up, expand”).