SHERPA Definition & Meaning

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Sherpa

[ shur-puh ]

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noun

plural Sherpas, (especially collectively) Sherpa.

a member of a people of Tibetan descent living in the Nepalese Himalayas, who often serve as porters on mountain-climbing expeditions.
a Tibetic language spoken by the Sherpa.
Sometimes sherpa. an expert chosen by a chief executive to assist in preparations for a summit meeting.

Sherpa

/ ˈʃɜː��ə /

noun

a member of a people of Mongolian origin living on the southern slopes of the Himalayas in Nepal, noted as mountaineers

sherpa

/ ˈʃɜː��ə /

noun

an official who makes preparations for or assists a government representative or important delegate at a summit meeting or conference

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of Sherpa¹

First recorded in 1840–50; from Sherpa sharpa, equiavalent to shar “east” + pa “people” (referring to the origin of this people in eastern Tibet)

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of Sherpa¹

C20: from Sherpa , a member of a people noted for providing assistance to mountaineers: from a pun on the different senses of summit

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Nima says he hopes his successes will make people more aware of how important Sherpas are to climbing.

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On each trek the young athlete was accompanied by his climbing partner, Pasang Nurbu Sherpa.

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It is home to many record-holding Sherpa mountaineers, including Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, the first person to climb Mount Everest along with explorer Edmund Hillary.

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Thame is home to many record-holding Sherpa mountaineers and is also where Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, the first person to climb Mount Everest along with explorer Edmund Hillary, hailed from.

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Tshiring Jangbu Sherpa cannot forget the dead body he saw just metres from the summit of Mount Lhotse in the Himalayas more than a decade ago.

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