jokul

English

Etymology

From Icelandic jökull (“glacier”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈjəʊ.kəl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈjoʊ.kəl/
  • Rhymes: -əʊkəl
  • Homophone: yokel

Noun

jokul (plural jokuls)

  1. A mountain covered with ice and snow, a snow mountain.
    Meanwhile, Kailash is also the only jokul in China that was explicitly banned from climbing.

Further reading
  • “jokul”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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