Mount Everest
Syllables: Mount Ev·e·restUK/ˌmaʊnt ˈɛv(ə)ɹɪst//ˌmaʊnt ˈɛv(ə)ɹəst/
Mount Everest proper noun: a mountain in the Himalayas, on the border of Solukhumbu district, Koshi, Nepal and Tingri County, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China; the world's highest mountain above sea level.
Proper noun
Mount Everest
- A mountain in the Himalayas, on the border of Solukhumbu district, Koshi, Nepal and Tingri County, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China; the world's highest mountain above sea level.
- [T]he privilege, as well as the duty, devolves on me to assign to this lofty pinnacle of our globe, a name whereby it may be known among geographers and become a household word among civilized nations. In virtue of this privilege, in testimony of my affectionate respect for a revered chief, in...[1856 March 1, A[ndrew] S[cott] Waugh, “1. Papers Relating to the Himalaya and Mount Everest. A. By Lieutenant-Colonel A. S. Waugh, Surveyor-General of India, dated Dehra, March 1st, 1856; […]”, in...
- It appears from a late survey made of the Himalaya range, by Colonel Waugh, that the Khanchinjinga, which has been hitherto supposed to be the highest summit, is, in fact, not so—a higher mountain having been discovered, situated between Katmandoo and Khanchinjinga. This last named is 28,156 feet...1856 October 15, “Science and Inventions. The Fortnight.”, in The Critic, London Literary Journal, volume XV, number 373, London: John Crockford, →OCLC, page 500, column 3
- Synonyms:
- Peak XV, Chomolungma, Chomolangma, Zhumulangma, Chu-mu-lang-ma, Chumulangma, Sagarmatha, Qomolangma, Qomolangma Feng
Noun
Mount Everest (plural Mount Everests)
- An endeavor that is very demanding yet rewarding; also, something which is the highest achievement, challenge, etc.; the epitome, the pinnacle, the ultimate.
- We stand on the colossal peak of King Lear, with Othello on our right hand and Macbeth on our left, the sublime masses of Elizabethan mountain country rolling on every side of us, yet plainly dominated by the extraordinary central cluster of aiguilles on which we have planted ourselves. This triple...1907, Edmund Gosse, “The Age of Elizabeth 1560–1610”, in A Short History of Modern English Literature, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, page 104
- After this rather tricky problem let's climb the Mount Everest of all writing problems. I mean, of course, the world-famous, forbidding peak of U.S. income-tax prose.1958, Rudolf Flesch, “How to Write Like a Pro”, in A New Way to Better English, Garden City, N.Y.: Dolphin Books, Doubleday & Company, →OCLC, page 102
- Synonyms:
- acme, apex, zenith, apogee, apotheosis, ascendance, capstone, climax, coronation, crown
Mount Everest meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Mount Everest in Hindi
- world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas
- माउंट एवरेस्ट māuṇṭ evresṭ, एवरेस्ट evresṭ
Mount Everest in Tamil
- world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas
- எவரெஸ்ட் சிகரம் evaresṭ cikaram
Mount Everest in Marathi
- world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas
- एव्हरेस्ट evharesṭa
Mount Everest in Urdu
- world’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas
- ماؤنٹ ایورسٹ
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- Mount Everest in Bengali
- মাউন্ট এভারেস্ট maunṭo ebharesṭ
- Mount Everest in Malayalam
- എവറസ്റ്റ് കൊടുമുടി evaṟasṟṟŭ koṭumuṭi
- Mount Everest in Assamese
- এভাৰেষ্ট শৃংগ ebharesto xriṅgo
- Mount Everest in Nepali
- सगरमाथा sagarmāthā
- Mount Everest in Tagalog
- Bundok Everest
- Mount Everest in Arabic
- جَبَل إِفْرِسْت jabal ʔifrist, إِفْرِسْت ʔifrist
- Mount Everest in Malay
- Gunung Everest
- Mount Everest in Indonesian
- Gunung Everest
- Mount Everest in Persian
- کوه اورست
- Mount Everest in Thai
- ยอดเขาเอเวอเรสต์ yôt kăo aywerrêt
- Dhivehi
- އެވަރެސްޓް ފަރުބަދަ evaresṭ farubada
Examples of Mount Everest in a sentence
- It has been proposed to call this Mount Everest, after a former Surveyor-General of India.1856 October 15, “Science and Inventions. The Fortnight.”, in The Critic, London Literary Journal, volume XV, number 373, London: John...
- Mount Everest is reported to have been recently discovered by Colonel Waugh, and to have been named in compliment to the late surveyor-general of India.1857, Edward Thornton, “Everest Mount”, in A Gazetteer of the Territories under the Government of the East-India Company, and the Native...
- Mount Everest, one of the Himalayas, is more than five and one-half miles high,—a mile higher than Mount Tupungato!1863, Fordyce A[lmon] Allen, “Asia. Lesson XLII.”, in A Primary Geography on the Basis of the Object Method of Instruction (Lippincott’s...
- "It is," said he, "as if a nation had built Mount Everest, the highest mountain of the Himalaya chain."1878, Jules Verne, “The Bad Roads of Angola”, in [anonymous], transl., Dick Sand; or, A Captain at Fifteen. […], New York, N.Y.: George...
Synonyms of Mount Everest
- Peak XV
- Chomolungma
- Chomolangma
- Zhumulangma
- Chu-mu-lang-ma
- Chumulangma
- Sagarmatha
- Qomolangma
- Qomolangma Feng
- acme
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Forms of Mount Everest
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Everest |
| alternative form | Mt Everest |
| alternative form | Mt. Everest |
| Noun | |
| plural | Mount Everests |
Origin of Mount Everest
From mount + Everest, coined by the British army officer and Surveyor General of India Andrew Scott Waugh (1810–1878)—originally as Mont Everest—in a paper of 1 March 1856 to the Royal Geographical Society, after his predecessor George Everest (1790–1866): see the quotation. The name Mount Everest was used in a paper on 27 October 1856 by the British naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800 or 1801 – 1894) and by Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792–1871), the President of the Society, at a meeting of the Society on 11 May 1857 at which the two papers were read.
Words formed from Mount Everest
Questions about Mount Everest
- What does Mount Everest mean?
- Mount Everest means a mountain in the Himalayas, on the border of Solukhumbu district, Koshi, Nepal and Tingri County, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China; the world's highest mountain above sea level.
- What is Mount Everest in Hindi?
- Mount Everest in Hindi is माउंट एवरेस्ट (māuṇṭ evresṭ), एवरेस्ट (evresṭ). See Mount Everest meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use Mount Everest in a sentence?
- It has been proposed to call this Mount Everest, after a former Surveyor-General of India.
- What part of speech is Mount Everest?
- Mount Everest can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Mount Everest?
- Mount Everest is pronounced /ˌmaʊnt ˈɛv(ə)ɹɪst/ (UK).
Words near Mount Everest in the dictionary
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