Lhotse
/ˈloʊt(ˈ)seɪ/ name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A Himalayan mountain on the border between Nepal and China, the fourth highest in the world.
"Mount Everest was only 3 or 4 miles away from us. From it to the South-east swept a huge amphitheatre of mighty peaks culminating in a new and unsurveyed peak, 28,100 feet in height, to which we gave the name of Lhotse, which in Tibetan means the South Peak."
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More examples"Mount Everest was only 3 or 4 miles away from us. From it to the South-east swept a huge amphitheatre of mighty peaks culminating in a new and unsurveyed peak, 28,100 feet in height, to which we gave the name of Lhotse, which in Tibetan means the South Peak."
Etymology
From Tibetan ལྷོ་རྩེ (lho rtse).