marchmount
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/%E5%8D%8E%E5%B1%B1%E5%A5%87%E5%B3%B0_-_panoramio.jpg/220px-%E5%8D%8E%E5%B1%B1%E5%A5%87%E5%B3%B0_-_panoramio.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]march (“borderland”) + mount; coined by Edward H. Schafer to translate Chinese 嶽/岳 (yuè).
Noun
[edit]marchmount (plural marchmounts)
- A tall mountain, in particular one of the Five Great Mountains of China.
Usage notes
[edit]- Now standard in the sinological literature.[1]