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सगरमाथा

/sagarmatha/Roman

English meaning: Mount Everest

Nepali Definition

(नेपाली)

सगरमाथा विश्वको सर्वोच्च हिमाल हो जसको उचाइ समुद्र सतहबाट ८,८४८.८६ मिटर छ। यो नेपाल–तिब्बत सिमानामा अवस्थित छ र नेपालको गौरव तथा पहिचानको प्रतीक मानिन्छ।

English Definition

The world's highest mountain at 8,848.86 metres above sea level, located in the Himalayas on the Nepal–Tibet border.

Example

सगरमाथा विश्वकै अग्लो हिमाल हो।

In English: Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) is the world's highest mountain.

Synonyms

  • एभरेस्ट

Literary Heritage

हिमाल र पहाडको बीचमा बसेको यो देश सौन्दर्यको खानी हो।

/himāla ra pahāḍako bīcamā baseko yo deśa saundarya ko khāni ho./

This land set between Himalaya and hills is a mine of beauty.

Madhav Ghimire · Poet · 1919–2020

Himal Pahad (poem collection)

Himal Pahad, opening verse — Madhav Ghimire's geographical vision of Nepal's landscape

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Language
नेपाली
Nepali
Script
Devanagari
Family
Indo-Aryan
Speakers
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