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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A series of four peaks in the Karakoram Range of the Himalaya Mountains in northern Kashmir. Gasherbrum I is the highest, at 8,068 m (26,470 ft), although Gasherbrum IV, 7,925 m (26,000 ft), has been called more difficult than Everest for mountain climbers. The other two peaks are 8,032 m (26,352 ft) and 7,952 m (26,089 ft) high.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun proper name A mountain in Kashmir, 26,470 feet high.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a mountain in northern Kashmir (26,470 feet high)
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Examples
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The Himalayas fascinate me; I shall also like discovering Tibet, Karakoram and perhaps by climbing Cho-Oyu, Shisha or Gasherbrum.
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The Himalayas fascinate me; I shall also like discovering Tibet, Karakoram and perhaps by climbing Cho-Oyu, Shisha or Gasherbrum.
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The Himalayas fascinate me; I shall also like discovering Tibet, Karakoram and perhaps by climbing Cho-Oyu, Shisha or Gasherbrum.
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The Himalayas fascinate me; I shall also like discovering Tibet, Karakoram and perhaps by climbing Cho-Oyu, Shisha or Gasherbrum.
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The Himalayas fascinate me; I shall also like discovering Tibet, Karakoram and perhaps by climbing Cho-Oyu, Shisha or Gasherbrum.
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She was America's leading female alpinist, the only woman internationally to climb six of 14 peaks that measured 8,000 meters: Gasherbrum II, Lhotse, Cho Oyu, Broad Peak, Shishapangma, and Everest (twice), and the record holder of unexplored first mountain ascents.
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Kashmír_ the heights of Gasherbrum and Masherbrum (see page 21) are given respectively as 26,360 and 25,560 feet, and that of Hidden Peak,
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894
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The first success came this year, when a three-member team including American Cory Richards summitted Gasherbrum II.
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The first success came this year, when a three-member team including American Cory Richards summitted Gasherbrum II.
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The first success came this year, when a three-member team including American Cory Richards summitted Gasherbrum II.
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