Karakorum
Karakorum is the alternative form of Karakoram.
Meaning of Karakoram
Proper noun
Karakoram
- 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
Proper noun
Karakorum
- A city, once capital of the Mongol Empire (1235–1260) and later of the Northern Yuan (1371–1388).
- Karakorum, once the capital of Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire, lies in ruins scattered in the vicinity of the present-day town of Harhorin.1996, Trudy Ring, Noelle Watson, Paul Schellinger, editors, International Dictionary of Historic Places, Volume 5: Asia and Oceania, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 451
Forms of Karakorum
| alternative form | Qaraqorum |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Caracorum |
Origin of Karakorum
From Classical Mongolian ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠬᠣᠷᠣᠮ (qaraqorom).
Questions about Karakorum
- What does Karakorum mean?
- Karakorum means a city, once capital of the Mongol Empire (1235–1260) and later of the Northern Yuan (1371–1388).
- What is Karakorum the alternative form of?
- Karakorum is the alternative form of Karakoram.
- What part of speech is Karakorum?
- Karakorum is a proper noun.
Words near Karakorum in the dictionary
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