Definition of Godwin Austen

1. Noun. A mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir; the 2nd highest peak in the world (28,250 feet high).

Exact synonyms: Dapsang, K2, Mount Godwin Austen
Group relationships: Karakoram, Karakoram Range, Karakorum Range, Mustagh, Mustagh Range
Generic synonyms: Mountain Peak

Lexicographical Neighbors of Godwin Austen

Goddy
Godel
Godelier
Godelier's law
Godfrey
Godhead
Godiva
Godlikeness
Godman
Godman's fascia
Godsakes
Godspeed
Godunov
Godwin
Godwin's law
Godwin Austen (current term)
Godwin tumour
Godwinian
Godwottery
Godzilla
Godzillas
Godzone
Goebbels
Goebbelsian
Goeckerman
Goeckerman treatment
Goemai
Goering
Goeteborg
Goethals

Literary usage of Godwin Austen

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

1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1867)
"HH GODWIN-AUSTEN, FRGs, Assistant in the Trigonometrical Survey of India. ... Captain Godwin-Austen communicated his observations on the physical geography ..."

2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1903)
"... (63) South bank of first right-hand tributary of the Godwin-Austen glacier ; (64) North bank of first right-hand tributary of the Godwin-Austen glacier ..."

3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1864)
"By Captain HH GODWIN-AUSTEN, Assistant on the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India. ... GODWINAUSTEN ..."

4. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1893)
"HH Godwin-Austen, FRS, wishes to dispose of his collection of NE Indian birds. It contains about 3730 skins, in good condition, representing 592 species, ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1894)
"Report of the Committee, consisting of Colonel GODWIN- AUSTEN (Chairman), ... Colonel Godwin-Austen, when making his survey of Baltistan in 1860 or 1861, ..."

6. The Anthropological Review by Anthropological Society of London (1863)
"By Mr. RAC GODWIN-AUSTEN, FRS—The object of this paper was to show that these two river valleys belonged to areas over which the geological changes had ..."

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