Chomolungma
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Everest’s summit — Chomolungma, or the Great Mother — chronicled in her book, she found release and began to heal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
The highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, is not commonly known by its Tibetan name Chomolungma, meaning goddess mother of the world.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2021
Many Sherpas, a community indigenous to the Himalayan region, believe that the summit of Chomolungma is home to the Buddhist goddess Miyolangsangma.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2021
Tibetans call the mountain Chomolungma, "Mother of the World," and insist that it is the home of the gods.
From Time Magazine Archive
We asked to be guided to the furthest Chomolungma.
From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
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