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Chumulangma

Chumulangma is the alternative form of Zhumulangma.

Meaning of Zhumulangma

Proper noun

Zhumulangma

  1. Synonym of Mount Everest: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
    • China’s mountains include the world’s highest peak —Zhumulangma (Mount Everest) at 29,028 feet— and the country embraces one of the world’s low points, the Turfan Depression, 426 feet below sea level.1975, “China”, in Sunset Travel Guide to the Orient: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, China, Menlo Park, Cali.: Lane Publishing, published 1977, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 174, column 1
    Synonyms:
    Mount Everest

Origin of Chumulangma

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin for 珠穆朗瑪／珠穆朗玛 (Zhūmùlǎngmǎ), Wade-Giles romanization: Chu¹-mu⁴-lang³-ma³.

Questions about Chumulangma

What is Chumulangma the alternative form of?
Chumulangma is the alternative form of Zhumulangma.

Words near Chumulangma in the dictionary

  1. chums up
  2. chumship
  3. chumships
  4. chumsicle
  5. chumsicles
  6. Chumulangma
  7. Chumulu
  8. Chun
  9. Chun Jie
  10. Chun'an
  11. Chun-chiu

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chumulangma (page history and authors); Zhumulangma (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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