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Mount Penglai

Mount Penglai proper noun: synonym of Penglai, a legendary Chinese island.

Proper noun

Mount Penglai

  1. Synonym of Penglai, a legendary Chinese island.
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    Synonyms:
    Penglai

Synonyms of Mount Penglai

Origin of Mount Penglai

A literal translation of Mandarin Chinese 蓬萊山 /蓬莱山 (Péngláishān), ignoring the use of 山 (shān) to describe rocky islands

Questions about Mount Penglai

What does Mount Penglai mean?
Mount Penglai means synonym of Penglai, a legendary Chinese island.
What part of speech is Mount Penglai?
Mount Penglai is a proper noun.

Words near Mount Penglai in the dictionary

  1. Mount Panorama
  2. Mount Parker
  3. Mount Patterson
  4. Mount Pavlof
  5. Mount Pearl
  6. Mount Penglai
  7. Mount Pentelicus
  8. Mount Pleasant
  9. Mount Poinsur
  10. mount point
  11. mount points

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