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Sherpa

[shur-puh]

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noun

plural

Sherpas ,

plural

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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Word 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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Word 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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"Kami Rita Sherpa needs no introduction. He is not just a national climbing hero, but a global symbol of Everest itself," expedition organiser Seven Summit Treks said in a statement.

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That record still belongs to Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa, who climbed from base camp to the summit in 10 hours and 56 minutes in 2003 – but he did this after acclimatising on the mountain.

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Sherpas are a group of people from Nepal who are famous for their climbing skills.

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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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Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherriff

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