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Nepal

[ nuh-pawl, -pahl, -pal, ney- ]

noun

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


Nepal

/ nɪˈpɔːl /

noun

  1. 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) Official nameFederal Democratic Republic of Nepal
“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


Nepal

  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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I would say Nepal wants control over as much of the press as they can.

In 2010 I spent a month at Mount Everest’s Base Camp in Nepal.

Since 2019, the project has added nearly 50,000 trees in Nepal’s forests.

If you’re in Nepal, you call it Sagarmatha, “Head of the Earth in the Sky.”

Anmol Gautam, a junior computer science major from Nepal, decided against going back home.

Asprey was inspired to swap out butter for traditional coffee creamers while on a trip to Nepal.

Approximately 96,000 trekkers visit Nepal each year to view and walk amidst its spectacular mountains.

Hundreds of trekkers were on the popular Annapurna Circuit in the Mustang area of Nepal when disaster struck last week.

One man kept running around telling people, “You must, must, MUST come and try the chicken momo from Nepal.”

In addition to whatever each guiding service charges clients, the Nepal government charges $10,000 for every permit.

At Nepal the King and his party hunted and they were successful in laying low a good bag of tigers.

Across the gaps between these peaks we could see other snow ranges in Nepal.

My ambition was to reach the ridge between Makalu and Everest, and from it to have a look right down into Nepal.

From the top of the ridge we had a most glorious view looking across range upon range of snowy mountains in Nepal.

In any case work on this side could only be carried out from a base in Nepal, so we have done with the Western side.

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