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Kanchenjunga

Meaning of "Kanchenjunga" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF KANCHENJUNGA

ˌkæntʃənˈdʒʌŋɡə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KANCHENJUNGA

noun
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Kanchenjunga is a noun.
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WHAT DOES KANCHENJUNGA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Kangchenjunga

Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world. It rises with an elevation of 8,586 m in a section of the Himalayas called Kangchenjunga Himal that is limited in the west by the Tamur River and in the east by the Teesta River. Kangchenjunga is located on the boundary betweenTaplejung District, Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim. Kangchenjunga is the highest peak in India, the second highest peak in Nepal and the easternmost of the peaks higher than 8,000 m. It is called Five Treasures of Snow after its five high peaks, and has always been worshipped by the people of Darjeeling, Sikkim and Taplejung Two of the five peaks are in Taplejung District, Nepal. The other three peaks – main, central, and south – are on the border of North Sikkim and Nepal. Kangchenjunga Main is the second highest peak in Nepal after Mount Everest. Until 1852, Kangchenjunga was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world, but calculations based on various readings and measurements made by the Great Trigonometric Survey of India in 1849 came to the conclusion that Mount Everest, known as Peak XV at the time, was the highest.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KANCHENJUNGA

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KANCHENJUNGA

Kan. · kana · kanae · Kanak · Kanaka · kanamycin · Kananga · Kanara · Kanarese · Kanazawa · kanban · Kanchipuram · Kandahar · Kandinsky · Kandy · kane · kaneh · kang · Kang-de · Kang-te

WORDS THAT END LIKE KANCHENJUNGA

arapunga · Bucaramanga · changa · conga · donga · Kumaratunga · longa · Majunga · manga · Mpumalanga · ponga · punga · ranga · sitatunga · situtunga · tanga · tohunga · tonga · Tsonga · Zamboanga

Synonyms and antonyms of Kanchenjunga in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Kanchenjunga» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

干城章嘉峰
1,325 millions of speakers
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Kanchenjunga
570 millions of speakers
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English

Kanchenjunga
510 millions of speakers
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कंचनजंगा
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

كانتشينجونجا
280 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Russian

Канченджанга
278 millions of speakers
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Kanchenjunga
270 millions of speakers
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কাঞ্চনজঙ্ঘা
260 millions of speakers
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Kanchenjunga
220 millions of speakers
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Kanchenjunga
190 millions of speakers
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Kanchenjunga
180 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Japanese

カンチェンジュンガ
130 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Korean

캉첸중가
85 millions of speakers
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Kanchenjunga
85 millions of speakers
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Kanchenjunga
80 millions of speakers
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கஞ்சன்ஜங்கா
75 millions of speakers
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कंचनजंगा
75 millions of speakers
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Kanchenjunga
70 millions of speakers
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Kanchenjunga
65 millions of speakers
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Kanchenjunga
50 millions of speakers
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Канченджанґа
40 millions of speakers
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Kanchenjunga
30 millions of speakers
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Kanchenjunga
15 millions of speakers
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Kanchenjunga
14 millions of speakers
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Kanchenjunga
10 millions of speakers
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Kanchenjunga
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Kanchenjunga

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KANCHENJUNGA»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Kanchenjunga

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KANCHENJUNGA»

Discover the use of Kanchenjunga in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Kanchenjunga and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Kanchenjunga Mountain Complex
With reference to Nepal.
Pralad Yonzon, 2000
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Lost Cities of China, Central Asia, & India
Possibly it is in Tibet, in the region of the Shigatse and Kwen Lun monasteries which are on the Bhramaputra river, to the southwest of Lhasa, or perhaps closer to the Nepal border just near Mount Kanchenjunga, or even beneath it, which ...
David Hatcher Childress, 1991
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Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya
Day 18: Khandbari to Tumlingtar 11⁄2 hours, 740m descent Take a jeep downhill to Tumlingtar (see p236) to meet your flight. Alternatively, you can travel south to Hile by jeep and pick up a bus to Dharan Bazaar (see p233). KANCHENJUNGA  ...
Bradley Mayhew, Joe Bindloss, 2009
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The Pearson CSAT Manual 2012
TABLE 3.2 l lm Name of Glacier Length (km) Located in Region Siachin 75 Karakoram V. Fedchenko 74 Karakoram 2 Hispar 62 Karakoram 3 Biafo 59 Karakoram l 5 Baltoro 58 Karakoram : , Rongbuk V 52 Kanchenjunga-Everest _= < l Chogo ...
Edgar Thorpe, 2012
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Discovering Himalaya : Tourism Of Himalayan Region (2 Vols.)
Detailed knowledge of the glaciers of Kanchenjunga has been gained from the maps made in 1879-84 by three officers of the Survey of India, Lieutenant Harman, Mr. Robert and Colonel Tanner, and from surveys made more recently by ...
K.S. Gulia, 2007
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Expedition Diaries - In The Throne Room of the Mountain God:
To mark the millennium, the British Services mounted a joint expedition to the Kanchenjunga region of the Nepal Himalayas in the premonsoon season ( AprilJune). The British Services KanchenjungaExpedition 2000(BSKE2000)was the ...
Mr M S Lewis, Mr Matthew Gallagher, Miss C A Lumby, 2013
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The American Alpine Journal
The name of Kanchenjunga is an agglomeration of four Tibetan words which mean "five treasuries of great snow": kang=snovi; chen= great; dodz=treasury; nga=five. This can well refer to the five glaciers of the massif, but Tenzing Norkay has ...
American Alpine Club, H. Adams Carter, 1997
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Beyond the Last Blue Mountain: A Life of J.R.D. Tata
Sandakphu is 12,000 ft. up and there is nothing in front of you but a long valley and Kanchenjunga, there like a cathedral before you. In fact what was most extraordinary was that the whole of the valley, between Sandakphu where we were ...
R. M. Lala, 1993
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Encyclopaedia of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
metres. Until 1852, Kanchenjunga was assumed to be the highest mountain in the world, but calculations made by the British 1849 Great Trigonometric Survey showed Mount Everest to be the highest and Kanchenjunga the third- highest.
Om Gupta, 2006
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India Passages: Impressions on a Trek
Thursday, October 9th This morning we were greeted by spectacular views of Kabru South (24,000 ft.), Kabru North (24,068 ft.), Kabru-dome (21,648 ft.) and Kanchenjunga (28,169 ft.). Kanchenjunga, translated means "The Five Treasures of ...
Ned Hentz, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KANCHENJUNGA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Kanchenjunga is used in the context of the following news items.
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Gauri Bharat looks at Charles Correa's iconic architecture. - The Hindu
Correa extended the idea of connecting interior and exterior spaces even to high-rise towers with Kanchenjunga Apartment in Mumbai ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
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A-rated films won't be sanitized for TV - The Times of India
... Achena Bondhutyo, Family Album, Kanchenjunga Express, Kanyasree, Selfie, Cocktail, Amanush II, Jamai 420 and Nirbaak were re-certified ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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Do not disturb: Nepal closes a national park to give mating red …
With only 10,000 individuals remaining in the world, about 1,000 red pandas are found in eight protected areas of Nepal — from Kanchenjunga ... «PRI, Jul 15»
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Two Indian Americans Recognized as Asia Young Leaders
Goyal is the co-founder of Koshi Tappu Kanchenjunga Biodiversity Education Livelihood Terra-Studio. Founded in 2013, the KTK-BELT ... «India West, Jul 15»
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5 affordable destinations in India to visit this monsoon!
... travel packages with them and you can easily enjoy your time in Maharashtra and have peaceful moments in mountains of Kanchenjunga. «LifeHacker India, Jul 15»
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Nepal Closes a National Park to Give Mating Red Pandas Some …
... of Nepal – from Kanchenjunga Conservation Area in the east to Makalu Barun National Park and Buffer Zone, Sagarmatha National Park and ... «Global Voices Online, Jul 15»
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Steamboat-Fort Collins nonprofit extends a hand to Sherpa …
In 2016, she plans to climb Kanchenjunga, the third-tallest mountain in the world. #“Most females don't get the opportunity or aren't allowed to ... «Steamboat Pilot & Today, Jul 15»
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Nepal Fast Facts
Mt. Everest's summit is 8,848 meters above sea level, the highest spot on Earth. Kanchenjunga, which straddles Nepal and India, is the third-highest mountain in ... «KBZK Bozeman News, Jul 15»
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On Correa's Passing
Even today, Kanchenjunga is the apartment building we associate best with Correa. In Bombay, he was proselytiser, activist (sometime ... «Economic and Political Weekly, Jul 15»
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Several Indians Among 2015 Asia Society Young Leaders Roster
Indian-American Rajeev Goyal made the cut as co-founder and co-director of the Nepal-based non-profit, Kanchenjunga Koshi Tappu Biodiversity Education ... «newsindiatimes.com, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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