Pamirs

American  

[pah-meerz] / pɑˈmɪərz /

noun

1. the Pamirs, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where three mountain ranges (the Hindu Kush, the Tien Shan, andthe Himalayas ) converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7,600 meters).

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Pamirs British  

/ pəˈmɪəz /

plural noun

1. Also known as: the Pamir.  a mountainous area of central Asia, mainly in Tajikistan and partly in Kyrgyzstan, extending into China and Afghanistan: consists of a complex of high ranges, from which the Tian Shan projects to the north, the Kunlun and Karakoram to the east, and the Hindu Kush to the west; Ismoil Somoni (formerly Communism Peak) is situated in the Tajik Pamirs. Highest peak: Kongur Shan, 7719 m (25 326 ft)

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Example Sentences

We were in what I can only imagine were the foothills of the Pamirs, the mountain range beyond which lay Persian-speaking Tajikistan.

From New York Times • May 11, 2020

They say food, running water and electricity are scarce in the Pamirs.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2010

The white caps of the Pamirs loom in the distance.

From Time Magazine Archive

The route, as described by Marco Polo, took them through the Caucasus, Persia, Afghanistan, over the Pamirs and along the Silk Road to Cathay, as he called China.

From Time Magazine Archive

China, now under the Han dynasty, which had replaced the Ts’in dynasty at the death of Shi-Hwang-ti, had extended its power across Tibet and over the high mountain passes of the Pamirs into western Turkestan.

From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)