jokul

English

Etymology

From Icelandic jökull (“glacier”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈjəʊ.kəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈjoʊ.kəl/
• Rhymes: -əʊkəl
• Homophone: yokel

Noun

jokul (plural jokuls)

1. A mountain covered with ice and snow, a snow mountain.

   Meanwhile, Kailash is also the only jokul in China that was explicitly banned from climbing.

Further reading

• “jokul”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.