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Roof of the World en · PROPN

Meanings

1. The various high mountainous regions in Asia, consisting of Pamir, the Himalayas, Tibet and Mount Everest.
   • In between, we travel on a luxurious houseboat in “Happy Valley,” the famed Vale of Kashmir, as well as visit the “Chang Thang,” the desolate plains of Tibet, sometimes called “the roof of the world.” 1964, Lora Bryning Redford, Nathan Goldstein, “About the book”, in Getting to know the northern Himalayas: Kashmir, Tibet, Assam, New York: Coward-McCann:

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Rooftop of the World

Translations (9)

cmn 世界屋脊 (the high mountainous regions in Asia) · da Verdens Tag (the high mountainous regions in Asia) · da verdens tag (the high mountainous regions in Asia) · fr toit du monde (the high mountainous regions in Asia) · fi maailman katto (the high mountainous regions in Asia) · ro acoperișul lumii (the high mountainous regions in Asia) · es Techo del Mundo (the high mountainous regions in Asia) · ru крыша мира (the high mountainous regions in Asia) · de Dach der Welt (the high mountainous regions in Asia)