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Namcha Barwa

Namcha Barwa proper noun: a mountain in Mêdog, Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Proper noun

Namcha Barwa

  1. A mountain in Mêdog, Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
    • Today, with nearly all the great peaks already climbed (except Namcha Barwa, 25,700 feet, which the Chinese are reserving for themselves, having tried and failed three times so far), mountaineers try for new and harder routes, as well as faster times, forever narrowing the safety margin.1985 March 7, Michael Kernan, “Call of the Climb”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2023
    • Namcha Barwa (7782 m) finally fell to the Japanese efforts. Two Japanese-Chinese expeditions recceed the peak in 1990 and 1991.1998, Soli Mehta, Harish Kapadia, “Sikkim and Assam Himalaya”, in Exploring the Hidden Himalaya, 2nd revised and updated edition, New Delhi: Indus Publishing Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 40

Forms of Namcha Barwa

alternative formNamjagbarwa

Questions about Namcha Barwa

What does Namcha Barwa mean?
Namcha Barwa means a mountain in Mêdog, Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
What part of speech is Namcha Barwa?
Namcha Barwa is a proper noun.

Words near Namcha Barwa in the dictionary

  1. namby-pamby
  2. namby-pambying
  3. namby-pambyism
  4. namby-pambyness
  5. Nambé
  6. Namcha Barwa
  7. Namchi
  8. name
  9. name after
  10. name and shame
  11. name binding

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