English Explanatory Dictionary

K2

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A mountain on the border between Pakistan and Taxkorgan, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, China, the world’s second highest mountain, located in the Ladakh Karakorams.
noun
  1. Initialism of kinder two.

Pronunciation

/keɪˈtuː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-K2.wav

Word forms

K2 K-2

Etymology

Designated by Thomas Montgomerie in 1856 during the Great Trigonometrical Survey of British India, for being the second of the two most prominent peaks in the Karakoram range visible to him from Mount Harmukh.

Synonyms

Dapsang Mount Godwin-Austen Mount K2 Qogir Chogori the Savage Mountain
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