Nepal

American  

[nuh-pawl, -pahl, -pal, nay-] / nəˈpɔl, -ˈpɑl, -ˈpæl, neɪ- /

noun

1. a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Kathmandu.

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Nepal British  

/ nɪˈpɔːl /

noun

1. Official name: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. a republic in S Asia: the world's only Hindu kingdom until it abandoned its monarchy in 2008; united in 1768 by the Gurkhas; consists of swampy jungle in the south and great massifs, valleys, and gorges of the Himalayas over the rest of the country, with many peaks over 8000 m (26 000 ft) (notably Everest and Kangchenjunga). A multiparty democracy was instituted in 1990. Official language: Nepali. Official religion: Hinduism; Mahayana Buddhist minority. Currency: rupee. Capital: Katmandu. Pop: 30 430 267 (2013 est). Area: 147 181 sq km (56 815 sq miles)

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Nepal Cultural  

1. Kingdom in central Asia, bordered by China to the north, and India to the east, south, and west; located high in the Himalayas. The capital and largest city is Katmandu.

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Nepal

The eye-catching monal - the male has distinctive green, blue and copper feathers - is the state bird of India's Uttarakhand state and the national bird of Nepal, reflecting its cultural significance across the Himalayas.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The Nepal floods would also put "a huge amount of pressure" on western countries to increase financial support for climate disaster recovery, said Ajay Mathur, a former Indian government negotiator.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

“There was chaos, both the pilots had been incapacitated,” said Dubrovsky, who was seated in Row 8 and returning with his wife and 14-year-old daughter from a hiking trip in Nepal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Nepal was overwhelmed by the sheer scale of destruction from the tsunami-like wall of freezing water and debris triggered by a glacial and rock collapse on the Nepal-China border on August 26.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

By any measure this is a lot of money—it equals the mortgage on my Seattle home—and the quoted price did not include airfare to Nepal or personal equipment.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer