Namcha Barwa

English

Alternative forms

• Namjagbarwa

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• enPR: nǔmʹchǔ bǔrʹvǔ

Proper noun

Namcha Barwa

1. A mountain in Mêdog, Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
   • 1985 March 7, Michael Kernan, “Call of the Climb”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 September 2023‎^[2]:

     Today, with nearly all the great peaks already climbed (except Namcha Barwa, 25,700 feet, which the Chinese are reserving for themselves, having tried and failed three times so far), mountaineers try for new and harder routes, as well as faster times, forever narrowing the safety margin.

   • 1998, Soli Mehta, Harish Kapadia, “Sikkim and Assam Himalaya”, in Exploring the Hidden Himalaya‎^[3], 2nd revised and updated edition, New Delhi: Indus Publishing Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 40:

     Namcha Barwa (7782 m) finally fell to the Japanese efforts. Two Japanese-Chinese expeditions recceed the peak in 1990 and 1991.

Translations

mountain

• Chinese:

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Namjagbarwa”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2113, column 1: “Also spelled as Namcha Barwa.”