Kailas

[ kahy-lahs ]

/ kaɪˈlɑs /

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a mountain in SW Tibet: highest peak of the Kailas Range in the Himalaya Mountains: sacred to Hindus and Buddhists. 22,028 feet (6,714 meters).

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Words nearby Kailas

Kaifeng, kaik, kaikawaka, kaikomako, kail, Kailas, Kailasa, Kailua, kailyard, kailyard school, kai moana

How to use Kailas in a sentence

Every horse year, and accordingly every twelfth year, crowds of pilgrims come to Kailas.
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Immediately beyond the monastery the summit of Kailas is lost to view, but soon a bit of it is seen again through a gap.
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Kailas turns a sharp edge to the north, and from here the peak resembles a tetrahedron more than ever.
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On our right is the river which is fed by the glaciers of Kailas; it is quite short, but is very full of water.
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They were from Kham, and from that part of the country “where the last men dwell,” and had been a year on the way to Kailas.
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