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Nepal

Nepal

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A small country in South Asia high in the Himalayas between India and China
  • proper noun
  • /nəˈpɔl/
translation icon : Nepal
  • We thank the villagers of Kapilvastu District, Nepal, for their invaluable participation in the project.
  • Nepal and India
  • Nepal and China
  • Nepal and Tibet

They're also found in Nepal, India and Tibet.

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Examples

  • A more likely culprit is the destruction of Nepal's environment during the past forty or fifty years.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Establishing a genuine atmosphere of trust and goodwill between Nepal and India will take time.

    Academic text (1992)
  • I think maybe you take like a year, go to Nepal and just walk.

    GQ
  • I did not think I was going to Nepal this morning.

  • So, what are you doing here in Nepal?

  • I flew to Nepal to work at our church there for two years.

  • So, anyway, I'm on my way to Nepal.

  • Tiertha was born in far western Nepal seven months ago.

  • In a comparison with India and China, Nepal has the least advantageous position.

    Academic text (1992)
  • I flew to Nepal to work at our church there for two years.

Synonyms

Kingdom of Nepal
vsNepal
  • Literature
5.3

A country in the Himalayas that was ruled by a king from 1768 to 2008

is the present republic rather than the earlier monarchical state

Compounds

Kingdom of Nepal
  • Literature
5.3

A country in the Himalayas that was ruled by a king from 1768 to 2008

A climbing plant that has shiny green leaves and clusters of white fragrant flowers shaped like trumpets

Surface Forms

Nepal main

Etymology

The word Nepal may come from an old word nipa meaning 'at the foot of the mountains', so it is easy to remember Nepal as the 'land at the foot' of the Himalayas.