Chomolungma

C3H4O1M3O1L1U1N1G2M3A1

proper noun

Mount Everest.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Chomolangma · alternative Qomolangma

  1. uncommonMount Everest.

    Ironically, already Chomolungma herself is showing signs of wear .

    2001, James E. Harf, Mark Owen Lombardi, Taking Sides: Clashing views on controversial global issues, page 5
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    The lamas told many stories of the terror of the snows—of gods and demons and creatures far worse than yetis, who guarded the heights and would bring doom to any man who ventured there. But I knew that men, and among them my own people, had climbed high on the other side of Chomolungma, and, though some had been killed, more had returned alive.

    1956, James Ramsey Ullman, Man of Everest, London: The Reprint Society, →ISBN, page 41

    That is not to say that I don't think anything needs to be done for Chomolungma's environment.

    2014, Ed Douglas, Chomolungma Sings the Blues: Travels Round Everest

    Synonyms: Zhumulangma, Chu-mu-lang-ma

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounMount Everest.

Origin

  1. Tibetanཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ
  2. EnglishChomolungma

From Tibetan ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ (jo mo glang ma), from ཇོ་མོ (jo mo, “goddess”) + ?, translated as "Mother of the Universe" or "Goddess Mother of the Snows".

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APA

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

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“Chomolungma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chomolungma. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chomolungma,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chomolungma.

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