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Trekking in Nepal #29: Afterword
Nepal, Asia
Glossary
cairn – pile of stones marking a route (‘stone man’)
chorten – Tibetan stupa
crevasse – dangerous cracks in a glacier
dal bhat – staple meal of lentils and boiled rice
drangka – stream
ghat – river bank or bridge
gompa – Buddhist temple (literally: ‘mediation’)
himal – snowy mountains
kang – mountain
kharka – grazing ground
khola – stream
kosi – river
la – river
laptse – ridge
mani wall – wall of stones carved with Buddhist mantras
mandala – rounded dome
mantra – prayer formula
nup – west
protozoan – animal of subkingdom, Protozoa; usually unicellular and microscopic
ri – peak
serac – large block of ice typically formed in an icefall
shar – east
Sherpa – of the Sherpa people
sherpa – trekking group assistant
stupa – hemispherical Buddhist religious monument
tsho/cho – lake
yersa – crop growing area above main village
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