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Nanga Parbat

American  
[nuhng-guh puhr-buht] / ˈnʌŋ gə ˈpʌr bʌt /

noun

  1. a mountain in NW Kashmir, in the Himalayas. 26,660 feet (8,125 meters).


Nanga Parbat British  
/ ˈnʌŋɡə ˈpɑːbʌt /

noun

  1. a mountain in N India, in NW Kashmir in the W Himalayas. Height: 8126 m (26 660 ft)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Every year, hundreds of local and foreign climbers try to scale K2, Nanga Parbat and other mountains located in Pakistan’s north.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 4, 2023

Annapurna and Nanga Parbat are particularly deadly, killing a quarter or more of the mountaineers who undertake an ascent, though not the semilegendary Maurice Herzog and Reinhold Messner.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2023

While the film jumps around chronologically, the present action follows Kate to Nanga Parbat after Tom’s death.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2022

He is the only Pakistani to have climbed eight of the world's 14 highest mountains, and he made the first ever winter ascent of the world's ninth highest peak, Nanga Parbat.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2021

Varying with every change of light and shade, custom cannot stale their infinite variety; but as yet I had not seen the great monarch of Chilas, Nanga Parbat.

From A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by Swinburne, T. R.

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