Annapurna

American  

[an-uh-poor-nuh, -pur-] / ˌæn əˈpʊər nə, -ˈpɜr- /

Or Anapurna

noun

1. Hinduism. Devi.

2. a mountain in northern Nepal, in the Himalayas. 26,503 feet (8,078 meters).

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Annapurna British  

/ ˌænəˈpʊənə /

noun

1. a massif of the Himalayas, in Nepal. Highest peak: 8078 m (26 502 ft)

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Example Sentences

Oli has previously rejected the findings of the commission, which also recommended the arrest of former police chief Chandra Kuber Khapung, telling the Annapurna Post they were "character assassination and hate politics".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

AWS, the largest cloud service provider, has relied heavily on chips designed by its in-house semiconductor business—known as Annapurna Labs—to power its data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The first version of Trainium took about 18 months to create, while the second generation was readied in nine months and Annapurna is "trying to maintain that pace", Carroll said.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Adams, who is also a producer on “Nightbitch,” felt deeply connected to the book, the movie rights to which Annapurna Pictures secured in a competitive auction months before it was published.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

In 1984, during an expedition to Nepal’s Annapurna massif, he’d picked up a gastrointestinal parasite, Entamoeba histolytica, which he was unable to entirely purge from his body over the years that followed.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer