Kunlun (English, name)
expansion: Kunlun
Senses:
glosses: 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.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: 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.
tags: Chinese
Forms:
form: Kun Lun
tags: alternative
form: K'un-lun
tags: alternative
form: Kuen Lun
tags: alternative
form: Kwenlun
tags: alternative