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Eiger

Eiger proper noun: a mountain in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland.

eiger: a mountain in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland
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Proper noun (1)

Eiger

  1. A mountain in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland.
    • It is this stretch which provides what is perhaps the most staggering scenic prospect of all; the impression made on the mind by the overwhelming height of the Eiger, towering over the train, is almost impossible to describe.1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 754

Proper noun (2)

Eiger

  1. A mountain in Greenland.

Origin of Eiger

Borrowed from German Eiger.

Questions about Eiger

What does Eiger mean?
Eiger means a mountain in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland.
What part of speech is Eiger?
Eiger is a proper noun.

Words near Eiger in the dictionary

  1. eigenvolumes
  2. eigenwave
  3. eigenwaves
  4. eigenworm
  5. eigenworms
  6. Eiger
  7. Eigersma
  8. Eigg
  9. eigh
  10. Eighmey
  11. eight

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