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Noun

1. 1
   A mountain covered with ice and snow, a snow mountain.

   "Meanwhile, Kailash is also the only jokul in China that was explicitly banned from climbing."

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bergcalffloeglacierglazeice

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"Meanwhile, Kailash is also the only jokul in China that was explicitly banned from climbing."

Etymology

From Icelandic jökull (“glacier”). Doublet of ickle.

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