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Kinchinjunga

American  
[kin-chin-joong-guh] / ˌkɪn tʃɪnˈdʒʊŋ gə /

noun

  1. Kanchenjunga.


Kinchinjunga British  
/ ˌkɪntʃɪnˈdʒʌŋɡə /

noun

  1. a variant of Kangchenjunga

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Others there are quite inaccessible; and it is needless to say, that the highest peaks—such as Chumulari, Kinchinjunga, Donkia, Dawalghisi, and the like—are far beyond the reach of even the most daring climber.

From The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" by Reid, Mayne

"Professor Norman Prescott, leader of the American Kinchinjunga expedition, I believe."

From Astounding Stories, July, 1931 by Various

Kinchinjunga has never seemed so beautiful as it does this morning.

From The Elephant God by Casserly, Gordon

The loftiest peaks are Kinchinjunga forty-five miles, and Mount Everest, sixty miles distant from Darjieling.

From Reminiscences The Story of an Emigrant by Mattson, Hans

A hundred miles to the west, bathed in the refulgence of a thousand rainbows, rose the incredible peak of Everest, mightiest of all mountains, yet less than 1,000 feet higher than Kinchinjunga.

From Astounding Stories, July, 1931 by Various

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