KUENLUN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kuenlun mean? 

• KUENLUN (noun)
  The noun KUENLUN has 1 sense:

1. a mountain range in western China that extends eastward from the Indian border for 1000 miles

  Familiarity information: KUENLUN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KUENLUN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mountain range in western China that extends eastward from the Indian border for 1000 miles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Kuenlun; Kuenlun Mountains; Kunlan Shan; Kunlun; Kunlun Mountains

Instance hypernyms:

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

Meronyms (parts of "Kuenlun"):

Muztag; Muztagh (a highest mountain peak in the Kunlun Shan in China; near the Indian border (23,891 feet high))

Ulugh Muz Tagh; Ulugh Muztagh (a mountain in the Kunlun range in China (25,340 feet high))

Holonyms ("Kuenlun" is a part of...):

Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)