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KINGDOM OF NEPAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China
Synonyms:
Kingdom of Nepal; Nepal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
Asian country; Asian nation (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Kingdom of Nepal"):
capital of Nepal; Kathmandu; Katmandu (the capital and largest city of Nepal)
Anapurna; Annapurna (a mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (26,500 feet high))
Changtzu (a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (24,780 feet high))
Dhaulagiri (a mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (26,820 feet high))
Everest; Mount Everest; Mt. Everest (a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal; the highest mountain peak in the world (29,028 feet high))
Himalaya; Himalaya Mountains; Himalayas (a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain)
Kanchanjanga; Kanchenjunga; Kinchinjunga; Mount Kanchenjunga (a mountain the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tibet (28,208 feet high))
Lhotse (a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (27,890 feet high))
Makalu (a mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (27,790 feet high))
Nuptse (a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (25,726 feet high))
Meronyms (members of "Kingdom of Nepal"):
Nepalese; Nepali (a native or inhabitant of Nepal)
Sherpa (a member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers)
Domain member region:
khukuri (a curved steel knife with a razor-sharp edge used in combat by the Gurkhas; has cultural and religious significance in Nepal)
Hindooism; Hinduism (the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal)
Holonyms ("Kingdom of Nepal" is a part of...):
Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)
