Chomolungma
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Chomolungma
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From Tibetan ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ (jo mo glang ma), from ཇོ་མོ (jo mo, “goddess”) + ?, translated as "Mother of the Universe" or "Goddess Mother of the Snows".
proper noun Chomolangma · Qomolangma
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Mount Everest.
The lamas told many stories of the terror of the snows—of gods and demons and creatures far worse than yetis, who guarded the heights and would bring doom to any man who ventured there. But I knew that men, and among them my own people, had climbed high on the other side of Chomolungma, and, though
Similar: Zhumulangma, Chu-mu-lang-ma
Talk about this word "Chomolungma." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chomolungma. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Chomolungma. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chomolungma "Chomolungma." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chomolungma.Cite this
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title = {Chomolungma},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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