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Mount Communism

Mount Communism

8.8
Former official name of Tajikistan's highest peak, now called Ismoil Somoni Peak
  • proper noun
translation icon : Monte Comunismo
  • The expedition set their sights on Mount Communism, the tallest peak in the Pamirs.

Examples

  • Many climbers attempted to reach the top of Mount Communism before its name was changed.

  • I plan to climb Mount Communism next summer.

  • In Soviet times, the highest summit in Tajikistan was known as Mount Communism.

  • Have you ever seen Mount Communism in photos?

  • In Soviet times, the highest summit in Tajikistan was known as Mount Communism.

  • Many climbers attempted to reach the top of Mount Communism before its name was changed.

  • The expedition set their sights on Mount Communism, the tallest peak in the Pamirs.

Synonyms

Communism Peak
vsMount Communism
8.8

A former name for Ismail Samani Peak, the highest mountain in the Pamirs in northeastern Tajikistan

has identical meaning but presents the name with word order reversed
Ismoil Somoni Peak
vsMount Communism
9.9

The highest mountain in the Pamirs in northeast Tajikistan near China

is the older official name replaced by that current designation
Stalin Peak
vsMount Communism
8.9

The highest mountain in the Pamir Mountains near the China and Tajikistan border, about 7,495 metres high

is the official former name used in a different political era
Mount Garmo
vsMount Communism
8.6

The highest mountain in the Pamir Mountains in northeastern Tajikistan near China

is the earlier official name rather than this alternative label

Surface Forms

Mount Communism main

Morphology

mount + Communism

The phrase is a straightforward place name formed from 'Mount' (a mountain) + 'Communism' (the ideology), so a learner who knows both words will understand it refers to a mountain bearing the name 'Communism'. This follows a common cross-linguistic naming pattern (Mount X) and contains no idiomatic or metaphorical shift, though historical details (that it is a former name) are not derivable from the words alone.

Etymology

Mount Communism was the name given in Soviet times to show the importance of communism by naming the highest mountain after the idea. That's why it was the mountain's 'official name' for many years before the country renamed it Ismoil Somoni Peak.