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KANCHENJUNGA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Kanchenjunga mean?
• KANCHENJUNGA (noun)
The noun KANCHENJUNGA has 1 sense:
1. a mountain the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tibet (28,208 feet high)
Familiarity information: KANCHENJUNGA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mountain the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tibet (28,208 feet high)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Kanchanjanga; Kanchenjunga; Kinchinjunga; Mount Kanchenjunga
Instance hypernyms:
mountain peak (the summit of a mountain)
Holonyms ("Kanchenjunga" is a part of...):
Kingdom of Nepal; Nepal (a small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China)
Sitsang; Thibet; Tibet; Xizang (an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas)
Himalaya; Himalaya Mountains; Himalayas (a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain)
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