Dhaulagiri

[ dou-luh-geer-ee ]

noun

1. a mountain in W central Nepal: a peak of the Himalayas. 26,826 feet (8,180 meters).

Dhaulagiri

/ ˌdaʊləˈɡɪərɪ /

noun

1. a mountain in W central Nepal, in the Himalayas. Height: 8172 m (26 810 ft)

Example Sentences

Spanish climber Carlos Soria was attempting to scale Mount Dhaulagiri but was hurt on his way to the top.

From Washington Times

The climber, who was on his 15th attempt on Mt Dhaulagiri, was preparing to make a push for the summit when the incident occurred, the Himalayan Times newspaper said.

From Reuters

“Now we are going to rest some days and then we will see if we go to Annapurna and Dhaulagiri, depending on the weather and conditions,” she said.

From Washington Times

“I might actually die and that is really exciting to me,” Richards, 40, recalls thinking in early April as he looked up 26,795-foot Dhaulagiri, in west-central Nepal.

From New York Times

The 81-year-old expects to experience the thin air of the Himalayas once again this spring, when he plans to climb Dhaulagiri mountain in Nepal.

From BBC