Chumulangma

See also: Chu-mu-lang-ma

English

Etymology

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin for 珠穆朗瑪／珠穆朗玛 (Zhūmùlǎngmǎ), Wade-Giles romanization: Chu¹-mu⁴-lang³-ma³.

Proper noun

Chumulangma

1. Alternative form of Zhumulangma (refers to Mount Everest).
   • 1959 April 20, “'Inadequate Conditions'”, in Sports Illustrated‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 30:

     For the record, Sir Edmund asked the Chinese for permission to climb “Mt. Everest.” But Peking does not officially recognize Everest; Sir Edmund was refused permission to climb “Chumulangma” — presumably the way the Panchen Lama spells it.

   • 1977 August 26 [1977 August 25], Hsu Yin-sheng, quotee, “Peking 25 Aug Rally Welcomes Chinese Mountain Climbers”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China‎^[2], volume I, number 166, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page E 1‎^[3]:

     "The Chinese mountaineers," he continued, "are a contingent fearing neither hardship nor death, back in 1960 and 1975 they twice ascended Mt Chumulangma from the north slope.

   • 2000, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, Wheelers‎^[4], Warner Books, published 2001, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 463:

     The procession was heading toward Chumulangma, the most distant of the six mountains.

Translations

Zhumulangma — see Zhumulangma

Further reading

• “Chumulangma” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.