A mountain or volcanic peak, particularly in Southeast Asia; a geographical term used in place names.
From Malay/Indonesian 'gunung' meaning 'mountain.' This word entered English through colonial contacts with Southeast Asia and appears in geographical names like Gunung Kiapi (Mount Kiapi in Indonesia).
The word 'gunung' appears in dozens of Indonesian and Malaysian mountain names, and English speakers adopted it as-is because place-naming conventions respect local language geography terminology.
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