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Baltistan

Baltistan proper noun: a very mountainous region just to the south of K2, located between China, India and Pakistan; most of the region is de-facto governed by Pakistan as Gilgit–Baltistan.

Proper noun

Baltistan

  1. A very mountainous region just to the south of K2, located between China, India and Pakistan; most of the region is de-facto governed by Pakistan as Gilgit–Baltistan.
    • For centuries the Karakorams and Himalayas so insulated Baltistan that the country became a cultural fossil—a timeless imprint of great civilizations that had touched there.1987 October, Galen Rowell, “Baltistan: The 20th Century Comes to Shangri-la”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 526

Origin of Baltistan

From Urdu بلتستان (baltistān).

Questions about Baltistan

What does Baltistan mean?
Baltistan means a very mountainous region just to the south of K2, located between China, India and Pakistan; most of the region is de-facto governed by Pakistan as Gilgit–Baltistan.
What part of speech is Baltistan?
Baltistan is a proper noun.

Words near Baltistan in the dictionary

  1. baltimorite
  2. Baltimoron
  3. Baltimorons
  4. baltis
  5. Baltis Vallis
  6. Baltistan
  7. Baltistani
  8. Baltistanis
  9. Baltiysk
  10. Balto-
  11. Balto-Finnic

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