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kangchenjunga

/ˌkʌŋt͡ʃənˈd͡ʒʌŋɡə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables
kangchen-jun-ga
IPA
/ˌkʌŋt͡ʃənˈd͡ʒʌŋɡə/
31
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Himalayan mountain between Nepal and India, the third highest in the world.

Etymology

From Tibetan གངས་ཆེན་མཛོད་ལྔ་ (gangs chen mdzod lnga, literally “five treasures of the high snow”).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: གངས་ཆེན་མཛོད་ལྔ་

Inflected Forms

Kanchenjunga (alternative) Kinchinjunga (alternative) Kangchenjanga (alternative) Kanchenjanga (alternative) Kanchenganga (alternative) Kanchanganga (alternative) Kanchinjunga (alternative) Kanchinjinga (alternative) Khangchendzonga (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce kangchenjunga?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkʌŋt͡ʃənˈd͡ʒʌŋɡə/.
What does kangchenjunga mean?
A Himalayan mountain between Nepal and India, the third highest in the world.
Where does kangchenjunga come from?
From Tibetan གངས་ཆེན་མཛོད་ལྔ་ (gangs chen mdzod lnga, literally “five treasures of the high snow”).

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