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Karakoram

/ˌkɑː.ɹəˈkɔː.ɹəm/US/ˌkɑɹ.əˈkɔɹ.əm/

Karakoram proper noun: a mountain range located in Gilgit, Ladakh and Baltistan, containing more than sixty peaks above 7,000 m (22,960 ft), including K2, the second highest peak in the world.

Proper noun

Karakoram

  1. A mountain range located in Gilgit, Ladakh and Baltistan, containing more than sixty peaks above 7,000 m (22,960 ft), including K2, the second highest peak in the world.
    • The Labiate genus Perovskia, to which the plant here figured belongs, is a somewhat anomalous one, comprising four species, two of which are natives of Turkestan with a third confined to Beluchistan, and a fourth, the one now depicted, which extends from the mountains of Afghanistan through the...1912, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, volume 8, page 8441
    • To reach the Karakoram the expedition had to cross the vast mountainous region which lies between Kashmir and Chinese Turkestan, taking a different route each way.1912, Filippo De Filippi, “Introduction”, in Karakoram and Western Himalaya, 1909, New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, →OCLC, →OL, page xvii

Karakoram meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Odia

Karakoram in Hindi

mountain range
काराकोरम kārākoram

Karakoram in Urdu

mountain range
قَراقُرَم qarāquram, قَرَہ قُرَم qara quram

Karakoram in Odia

mountain range
କାରାକୋରମ kārākorama

Examples of Karakoram in a sentence

  • In the Karakoram Range it is met with at elevations up to 10,000 feet above sea level.1912, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, volume 8, page 8441:
  • The two sides also appeared to have dismantled recent construction along the river valley high in the Karakoram mountains, satellite images showed.2020 July 7, AIJAZ HUSSAIN, EMILY SCHMALL, SAM MCNEIL, “Indian, Chinese soldiers move away from site of deadly clash”, in AP News, archived...

Forms of Karakoram

alternative formKarakorum
alternative formCaracorum

Origin of Karakoram

Ultimately from a Turkic language, literally meaning "black gravel". See Ottoman Turkish قره (qara, “black”) and possibly قوروم (kurum, “soot”) (kurum) and compare Urdu قراقرم (qarāquram) / قرہ قرم (qara quram).

Words formed from Karakoram

Questions about Karakoram

What does Karakoram mean?
Karakoram means a mountain range located in Gilgit, Ladakh and Baltistan, containing more than sixty peaks above 7,000 m (22,960 ft), including K2, the second highest peak in the world.
What is Karakoram in Hindi?
Karakoram in Hindi is काराकोरम (kārākoram). See Karakoram meaning in Hindi.
How do you use Karakoram in a sentence?
In the Karakoram Range it is met with at elevations up to 10,000 feet above sea level.
What part of speech is Karakoram?
Karakoram is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Karakoram?
Karakoram is pronounced /ˌkɑː.ɹəˈkɔː.ɹəm/ (UK).

Words near Karakoram in the dictionary

  1. Karakhanid
  2. karakia
  3. karakoa
  4. Karakol
  5. karakoline
  6. Karakoram
  7. Karakoram Highway
  8. Karakorum
  9. karakou
  10. karakul
  11. Karakulov

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