Broad Peak

proper noun

A mountain of the Gasherbrum, Karakoram; on the Pakistan-China border between Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and Xinjiang. The 12th highest mountain in the world, an eight-thousander.

OriginGerman Breithorn →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A mountain of the Gasherbrum, Karakoram; on the Pakistan-China border between Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and Xinjiang. The 12th highest mountain in the world, an eight-thousander.

Origin

  1. GermanBreithorn
  2. EnglishBroad Peak

broad + peak. From having a broad appearance. Calque of German Breithorn, from breit (“broad”)+Horn (“peak, prominence, summit”). Named after Breithorn, the mountain in the Swiss Alps. Coined by British explorer Martin Conway in 1892.

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APA

Broad Peak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Broad%20Peak

MLA

“Broad Peak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Broad%20Peak. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Broad Peak,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Broad%20Peak.

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