Kangchenjunga

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/ˌkʌŋt͡ʃənˈd͡ʒʌŋɡə//ˌkʌn-//-ˈd͡ʒʊŋ-/

proper noun

A Himalayan mountain between Nepal and India, the third highest in the world.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Kanchenjunga · alternative Kinchinjunga · alternative Kangchenjanga · alternative Kanchenjanga · alternative Kanchenganga · alternative Kanchanganga · alternative Kanchinjunga · alternative Kanchinjinga · alternative Khangchendzonga

  1. A Himalayan mountain between Nepal and India, the third highest in the world.

Origin

  1. Tibetanགངས་ཆེན་མཛོད་ལྔ་
  2. EnglishKangchenjunga

From Tibetan གངས་ཆེན་མཛོད་ལྔ་ (gangs chen mdzod lnga, literally “five treasures of the high snow”).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 干城章嘉峰
  • 干城章嘉峰 (gon¹sing⁴zoeng¹gaa¹fung¹)Himalayan mountain
Chinese Mandarin 干城章嘉峰
  • 干城章嘉峰 (gānchéngzhāngjiāfēng)Himalayan mountain
Czech Kančendženga, Kančendžanga
  • KančendžengaHimalayan mountain
  • KančendžangaHimalayan mountain
German Kangchendzönga
  • KangchendzöngaHimalayan mountain
Hindi कंचनजंघा, कांचनजंगा
  • कंचनजंघा (kañcanjaṅghā)Himalayan mountain
  • कांचनजंगा (kāñcanjaṅgā)Himalayan mountain
Hungarian Kancsendzönga
  • KancsendzöngaHimalayan mountain
Polish Kanczendzonga
  • KanczendzongaHimalayan mountain
Russian Канченджанга
  • Канченджанга (Kančendžanga)Himalayan mountain
Slovak Kančendžonga, Káčaňdžunga
  • KančendžongaHimalayan mountain
  • KáčaňdžungaHimalayan mountain
Tamil கஞ்சன்ஜங்கா, கஞ்சஞ்சங்கா
  • கஞ்சன்ஜங்கா (kañcaṉjaṅkā)Himalayan mountain
  • கஞ்சஞ்சங்கா (kañcañcaṅkā)Himalayan mountain
  • காஞ்சன்ஜங்கா (kāñcaṉjaṅkā)Himalayan mountain
Cite this entry
APA

Kangchenjunga. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kangchenjunga

MLA

“Kangchenjunga.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kangchenjunga. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kangchenjunga,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kangchenjunga.

Source: Kangchenjunga on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.