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K2
[ key-too ]
noun
- 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).
- a brand name for a synthetic cannabis compound.
K2
noun
- 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
Word History and Origins
Origin of K21
Example Sentences
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.
But councillors heard that people living in the nearby K2 Apartments had raised fears over noise and anti-social behaviour.
She became the youngest woman in the world to summit K2, and the youngest person to summit Gasherbrum 1 without supplementary oxygen.
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.
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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