k2
/keɪˈtuː/
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Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English
5
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1
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Meaning
name
A mountain on the border between Pakistan and Taxkorgan, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, China, the world’s second highest mountain, located in the Ladakh Karakorams.
noun
Initialism of kinder two.
Example Sentences
- "Here we have K², the highest mountain at present open to Europeans to attempt, only 750 feet lower than Mount Everest.²"
- "On the morning of July 31, the mountain rose spangled in the summer sun 2,300 feet above Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli. Strapping on three oxygen tanks, the two men faced toward K2's last fastness."
- "What is there on the summit of K2, that would entice a climber to risk everything?"
- "Meyer’s team was one of eight international expeditions that were setting off on the final day of their ascent of K2, at 28,251 feet the second-tallest mountain on earth. K2 was nearly 800 feet shorter than Everest, the world’s highest peak, but it was considered much more difficult, and more deadly."
- "I'm super excited to be on the summit of K2! No Ox! (coughs) It was hard."
- "Even a successful spring or summer climb of K2 is rare. Fewer than 400 climbers have been to its apex. More people have been to outer space than have stood its summit."
Etymology
Designated by Thomas Montgomerie in 1856 during the Great Trigonometrical Survey of British India, for being the second of the two most prominent peaks in the Karakoram range visible to him from Mount Harmukh.