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Nanga Parbat

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Nanga Parbat, Pakistan‐controlled sector of Kashmir One of the highest mountain peaks in the Himalayas with a Kashmiri name meaning ‘Bare Mountain’ from the Hindi nanga ‘bare’ or ‘naked’ and parvata ‘mountain’. The local name is Diamir ‘King of Mountains’.

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Nanga Parbat

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Nanga Parbat , peak, 26,660 ft (8,126 m) high, in the W Himalayas, located in Pakistan-held Azad Kashmir; 7th highest peak in the world. Six expeditions—almost all ending disastrously—were sent to climb it. A German-Austrian team led by Herman Buhl finally reached the peak in 1953.

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Nanga Parbat

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Nanga Parbat •at, bat, brat, cat, chat, cravat, drat, expat, fat, flat, frat, gat, gnat, hat, hereat, high-hat, howzat, lat, mat, matt, matte, Montserrat, Nat, outsat, pat, pit-a-pat, plait, plat, prat, Rabat, rat, rat-tat, Sadat, sat, scat, Sebat, shabbat, shat, skat, slat, spat, splat, sprat, stat, Surat, tat, that, thereat, tit-for-tat, vat, whereat •fiat • floreat • exeat • caveat •Croat, Serbo-Croat •Nanga Parbat • brickbat • dingbat •combat, wombat •fruitbat • numbat • acrobat • backchat •whinchat • chitchat • samizdat •concordat • Arafat • Jehoshaphat •butterfat • Kattegat • hard hat •sun hat • fat cat • hellcat • requiescat •scaredy-cat • Magnificat • copycat •pussycat • wildcat • bobcat • tomcat •Sno-Cat • polecat • muscat • meerkat •mudflat • cervelat •doormat, format •diplomat • laundromat • Zermatt •Donat • cowpat

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Nicholls steps up the tempo with Parbat. Newspaper article from: Daily Mail (London); 10/8/2005
	The coldest March. Magazine article from: Geographical; 9/1/2002
	Climber trapped on peak saved by Pakistan army. Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 8/11/2005