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K2

[ key-too ]

noun

  1. Also called God·win Aus·ten [god, -win , aw, -stin],. a mountain in N Kashmir: highest peak in the Karakoram range and second highest in the world. 28,250 feet (8,611 meters).


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K2

noun

  1. a mountain in the Karakoram Range on the Kashmir-Xinjiang border: the second highest mountain in the world. Height: 8611 m (28 250 ft) Also calledGodwin-AustenDapsang
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of K21

First recorded in 1855-60 K2 fordef 1; 2010 K2 fordef 2; K(arakoram) ( def 1 ) + 2 (because it was the second peak in the range to be measured)
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It features some of the earliest high-altitude photographs of Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest mountain, and K2, the world's second-tallest mountain, captured over a century ago.

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But councillors heard that people living in the nearby K2 Apartments had raised fears over noise and anti-social behaviour.

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She became the youngest woman in the world to summit K2, and the youngest person to summit Gasherbrum 1 without supplementary oxygen.

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Several climbers die in Pakistan every year while trying to reach the summit of some of the world’s highest mountains, including K2, which is in Pakistan’s north.

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As CEO, he led a successful expedition to K2, the second-highest mountain, in 1978, the first to put Americans on the summit.

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