Library / English Dictionary

SHERPA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (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)

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