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Kanchenjunga

Syllabification: (Kan·chen·jun·ga)

(also Kangchenjunga or Kinchinjunga)
Definition of Kanchenjunga
  • a mountain in the Himalayas, on the border between Nepal and Sikkim. Rising to a height of 28,209 feet (8,598 m), it is the world’s third highest mountain.

Origin:

Tibetan, literally 'the five treasures of the snows', referring to the five separate peaks of the summit

Kanchenjunga in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Kanchenjunga in the British & World English dictionary