English Dictionary

SHERPA

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

Overview

SHERPA (noun)
  The noun SHERPA has 1 sense:

1. a member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineersplay

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


English dictionary: Word details


SHERPA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Sherpa" is a kind of...):

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Instance hyponyms:

Tenzing Norgay (Sherpa mountaineer guide who with Sir Edmund Hillary was one of the first to attain the summit of Mount Everest (1914-1986))

Holonyms ("Sherpa" is a member of...):

Kingdom of Nepal; Nepal (a small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China)

Sitsang; Thibet; Tibet; Xizang (an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"One man's trash is another man's treasure." (English proverb)

"A good chief gives, he does not take." (Native American proverb, Mohawk)

"The earth is a beehive; we all enter by the same door but live in different cells." (African proverb)

"He who injures with the sword will be finished by the sword." (Corsican proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact