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Mt Everest

Mt Everest is the abbreviation of Mount Everest.

Meaning of Mount Everest

Proper noun

Mount Everest

  1. 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...

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Questions about Mt Everest

What is Mt Everest the abbreviation of?
Mt Everest is the abbreviation of Mount Everest.

Words near Mt Everest in the dictionary

  1. MSWL
  2. MSWLs
  3. MSWs
  4. MSYS
  5. mt
  6. Mt Everest
  7. mt.
  8. Mt. Ararat
  9. Mt. Carmel
  10. Mt. Crested Butte
  11. Mt. Everest

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