"Chomolungma" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: 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". Etymology templates: {{bor|en|bo|ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ}} Tibetan ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ (jo mo glang ma), {{m|bo|ཇོ་མོ||goddess}} ཇོ་མོ (jo mo, “goddess”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Chomolungma
  1. (uncommon) Mount Everest Tags: uncommon Synonyms: Chu-mu-lang-ma, Chomolangma, Qomolangma Synonyms (from Mandarin Chinese): Zhumulangma
    Sense id: en-Chomolungma-en-name-axm8~CPy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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