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He speaks of only two inner compartments, which he calls the Holy of Holies (_Nanga tambu-tambu_) and the Middle Nanga (_Loma ni Nanga_), but the latter name appears to imply a third compartment, which is explicitly mentioned and named by Mr. Fison.
The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897
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One, with his upper front teeth extracted, was of the tribe Maloba, on the other side of the Loeki, another comes from the River Lombadzo, or Lombazo, which is west of Loeki (this may be another name for the Lomame), the country is called Nanga, and the tribe Nongo, chief Mpunzo.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death Ed 1874
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A taxi driver by name Nanga said the situation has become unbearable for him because he is not the type that shits just anywhere.
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High above the blue foothills, almost floating in the sky, Nanga Parbat looks too beautiful, too detached, too innocent to deserve its Western nickname, The Killer Mountain.
Richard Bangs: The Pakistan Osama bin Laden Never Knew, Part 4 Richard Bangs 2011
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Just shy of the Rakhiot Bridge, where Jimmy Parker's name is inscribed with those of the climbers lost on Nanga Parbat, the canyon squeezes together and presents a series of three rapids, all of jaw-breaking difficulty.
Richard Bangs: The Pakistan Osama bin Laden Never Knew, Part 4 Richard Bangs 2011
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As the river swerves closer to the mountain, Nanga Parbat reveals it structure more clearly;
Richard Bangs: The Pakistan Osama bin Laden Never Knew, Part 4 Richard Bangs 2011
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As the river swerves closer to the mountain, Nanga Parbat reveals it structure more clearly;
Richard Bangs: The Pakistan Osama bin Laden Never Knew, Part 4 Richard Bangs 2011
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Several score have died on the slopes of Nanga Parbat, the 26,660-foot peak that marks the Indus's midpoint.
Richard Bangs: The Pakistan Osama bin Laden Never Knew Richard Bangs 2011
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High above the blue foothills, almost floating in the sky, Nanga Parbat looks too beautiful, too detached, too innocent to deserve its Western nickname, The Killer Mountain.
Richard Bangs: The Pakistan Osama bin Laden Never Knew, Part 4 Richard Bangs 2011
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Just shy of the Rakhiot Bridge, where Jimmy Parker's name is inscribed with those of the climbers lost on Nanga Parbat, the canyon squeezes together and presents a series of three rapids, all of jaw-breaking difficulty.
Richard Bangs: The Pakistan Osama bin Laden Never Knew, Part 4 Richard Bangs 2011
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