https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annapurna Just in case anyone is unaware, it's a mountain in Nepal. The 10th highest in the world.

> The mountain is named after Annapurna, the Hindu goddess of food and nourishment, who is said to reside there.

The first eight-thousander that was summitted, as well as the name of the book that Maurice Herzog wrote. Which book is well worth reading.

Every time I hear it I think of the restaurant on Capitol Hill in Seattle.

Annapurna is a god of food and nourishment in Hinduism; a manifestation of Parvati.

I bet the way people in the US say it is nothing like the (traditional) way it is said in India.

I think it’s supposed to be “un-na-poorna” with a nasally rn sound.

AFAIK an r sound is always nasalized when followed by an n sound in American English.

It is also the name of a mountain in the Himalayas which I believe is the most familiar meaning to Americans.

Bong shop in Berkeley, CA