KARAKORUM RANGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Karakorum Range mean? 

• KARAKORUM RANGE (noun)
  The noun KARAKORUM RANGE has 1 sense:

1. a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak

  Familiarity information: KARAKORUM RANGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KARAKORUM RANGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Karakoram; Karakoram Range; Karakorum Range; Mustagh; Mustagh Range

Instance hypernyms:

chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)

Meronyms (parts of "Karakorum Range"):

Gasherbrum (a mountain in northern Kashmir (26,470 feet high))

Dapsang; Godwin Austen; K2; Mount Godwin Austen (a mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir; the 2nd highest peak in the world (28,250 feet high))

Rakaposhi (a mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir (25,560 feet high))

Holonyms ("Karakorum Range" is a part of...):

Cashmere; Jammu and Kashmir; Kashmir (an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India)