Qomolangma Feng

proper noun

Mount Qomolangma; Mount Everest

OriginTibetan ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ ← Mandarin 峰 →
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proper noun
  1. ChinaMount Qomolangma; Mount Everest

    Not only is Qomolangma Feng towering and grand, but very powerful.

    1999, Shi Zhaochun, A Guide to Mountaineering in China, page 21
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    A series of four pictures showing Chinese male and female climbers scaling the Qomolangma Feng--the highest peak in the world--is featured in the PEOPLE'S DAILY and all other Peking papers today.

    1975 May 29, Xinhua News Agency

    In 2005 China carried out a new geodetic campaign for the height determination of Qomolangma Feng—Mt. Everest (QF in short).

    2006, Junyong Chen, Janli Yuan, Chunxi Guo, Yanping Zhang, Peng Zhang, “Progress in technology for the 2005 height determination of Qomolangma Feng (Mt. Everest)”, in Science China Earth Sciences

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
mount everest

Origin

  1. Mandarin峰“mountain, summit”
  2. Tibetanཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ
  3. EnglishQomolangma Feng

Partial calque from Mandarin 珠穆朗瑪峰／珠穆朗玛峰 (Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng); created by combining Qomolangma (“Tibetan Pinyin spelling of Tibetan ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ (jo mo glang ma)”) and Mandarin 峰 (Fēng, “mountain, summit”).

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