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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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The view across the hills to Kinchinjunga discloses a glittering white wall of perpetual snow, surrounded by towering masses of granite.

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Fujiyama was exactly as I had seen it on fans and lacquer boxes; I would not have sold my sight of it for the crest of Kinchinjunga flushed with the morning.

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

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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.

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In an unsuccessful attempt to ascend Kinchinjunga not long since, an English physician very nearly lost his life, and was obliged to submit to the partial amputation of his feet.

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