Kunlun

== English == === Alternative forms === Kun Lun, K'un-lun, Kuen Lun, Kwenlun === Etymology === From the Mandarin 崑崙 / 昆仑 (Kūnlún) and 崑崙山／昆仑山 (Kūnlún Shān), with the character 山 (shān) being an ambiguous reference to any raised place, inclusive of islands, hills, mountains, and mountain ranges. The characters 崑崙 / 昆仑 (Kūnlún) are phono-semantic compounds adding 山 (shān) as a semantic component (形旁 (xíngpáng)) to the characters 昆 (kūn) and 侖／仑 (lún), which were presumably also homophones for Kunlun in Old Chinese—Zhengzhang's reconstructed pronunciation being /*kuːn.run/—but leaving its further development or original meaning uncertain. See also the Name section of the Wikipedia entry on the mythological Kunlun. === Pronunciation === enPR: ko͝on′lo͝on′ Hyphenation: Kun‧lun === Proper noun === Kunlun A mountain range in China forming the border between the Tarim Basin to its north and the Tibetan Plateau to its south, extending across the Chinese autonomous regions of Xinjiang and Tibet and province of Qinghai. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Kunlun. (Chinese mythology) A mythical mountain or mountain range somewhere west of the North China Plain believed to be the home of Xiwangmu and the Peaches of Immortality, as well as other gods and Taoist immortals, and previously believed to help support the dome of the sky. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Kunlun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “Kunlun, Kun Lun, K'un-lun, K'unlun, Kun-lun, Kuen Lun, Kwenlun”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer. “Kunlun Shan, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “Kunlun”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “Kunlun”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026 Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Kunlun Mountains”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎[8], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1631, column 1: “Sometimes spelled Kwenlun Mts.”