Makalu

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Makalu

1. A mountain in the Himalayas, on the border of Sankhuwasabha district, Koshi, Nepal and Tingri County, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China; the fifth highest mountain in the world.
   • 1904 November 10, S. G. Burrard, “Mount Everest: The Story of a Long Controversy”, in Nature‎^[1], volume 71, number 1828, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 44:

     In 1883 Colonel Tanner visited Falut, and found that Everest was barely visible from there, being almost shut out from view, and entirely surpassed in appearance by Makalu (height 27,790 feet), a lower though nearer peak ; it was Makalu that Schlagintweit mistook for Everest, and it was Makalu that he drew as Everest, both in his panorama of the snows from Falut, and in his picture, which is preserved at the India Office.

   • 2019 April 30, Devjyot Ghoshal, “Beast from the east: Indian soldiers reckon they've found Yeti footprints”, in Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 01 May 2019, World News:

     Located on the border between Nepal and China, Makalu is among the highest mountains in the world and stands near the Makalu-Barun valley, a remote wilderness that has also been surveyed by researchers hunting for the Yeti.

   • 2019 June 24, John Oliver, 18:15 from the start, in Everest: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver‎^[3], HBO:

     You think a selfie from the summit of Makalu is gonna get Everest-levels of Instagram love? Of course not. Who gives a shit about Makalu? It's only the ninth tallest mountain on Earth. Or rather it would be, if it existed, which it doesn't, cause I just made it up, and none of you noticed, and that's the point. Or- it would be, if I had made it up. In fact Makalu is neither imaginary, nor the ninth tallest mountain- it's the fifth tallest and that's the point. Or rather it would be, if that were even Makalu, in fact that's the view from Mount Everest and you didn't notice cause the only thing most of us know about mountain climbing is that a bored investment banker's selfie from the summit of Everest is fire, because goals, and thus deserves some serious Insta-love and that is the point here.

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Translations

mountain between Nepal and China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬卡魯峰／马卡鲁峰 (Mǎkǎlǔfēng)

• Finnish: Makalu

Further reading

• “Makalu”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Makalu”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Makalu”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Makalu” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Anagrams

• Maluka