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broad peak

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables
broad- -peak
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A mountain of the Gasherbrum, Karakoram; on the Pakistan-China border between Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and Xinjiang. The 12th highest mountain in the world, an eight-thousander.

Etymology

broad + peak. From having a broad appearance. Calque of German Breithorn, from breit (“broad”)+Horn (“peak, prominence, summit”). Named after Breithorn, the mountain in the Swiss Alps. Coined by British explorer Martin Conway in 1892.

Questions

What does broad peak mean?
A mountain of the Gasherbrum, Karakoram; on the Pakistan-China border between Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and Xinjiang. The 12th highest mountain in the world, an eight-thousander.
Where does broad peak come from?
broad + peak. From having a broad appearance. Calque of German Breithorn, from breit (“broad”)+Horn (“peak, prominence, summit”). Named after Breithorn, the mountain in the Swiss Alps. Coined by British explorer Martin Conway in 1892.

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