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Definition of Nanga Parbat

1. Noun. A mountain in the Himalayas in Kashmir (26,660 feet high).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nanga Parbat

Literary usage of Nanga Parbat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1903)
"Only once did the party on Nanga Parbat experience any real ill effects ... This expedition to Nanga Parbat, undertaken in 1895 with Mr. G. Hastings and the ..."

2. The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories: A Geographical Account by Frederic Drew (1875)
"Commencing with the great mass of which a part is called Nanga Parbat or ... at no * This mountain is called Nanga Parbat (which, in the Hindi dialects, ..."

3. Where Three Empires Meet: A Narrative of Recent Travel in Kashmir, Western by Edward Frederick Knight (1895)
"WHILE waiting for my letters I made some expeditions in order to obtain a near view of Nanga Parbat and take photographs of that white giant. ..."

4. On the Edge of the World by Edmund Candler (1919)
"CHAPTER III ROUND Nanga Parbat THE Hindu does not climb the mountains where his gods live; he goes round them as he would any other shrine. ..."

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