English Explanatory Dictionary

Khunjerab Pass

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A mountain pass connecting Xinjiang in China with Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan on the Karakoram Highway.

Word forms

Khunjerab Pass the Khunjerab Pass

Etymology

Partial calque of Wakhi درہ خنجراب (literally “waterfall house valley”), ^((please verify)) from دره (“valley; crack; fissure”) + خون (“house”) + جراب (“creek coming from a spring or a waterfall”), or, 'Valley of Blood'.

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