karakoram

Other forms of karakoram

plural

karakorams·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about karakoram

What does karakoram mean?

karakoram means "a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak".

How many syllables are in karakoram?

karakoram has 4 syllables and divides as ka-ra-ko-ram under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for karakoram?

Close synonyms include Karakoram Range, Karakorum Range, Mustagh, Mustagh Range. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is karakoram a common word?

karakoram is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.