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Peak 15

Peak 15 is the alternative spelling of Peak XV.

Meaning of Peak XV

Proper noun

Peak XV

  1. (historical) Synonym of Mount Everest.
    • The revision has proceeded to some extent, and I am now in possession of the final values for the peak designated XV in the list in the Office of the Surveyor-General of India. […] Mont Everest, or Himalaya Peak XV.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...
    Synonyms:
    Mount Everest

Origin of Peak 15

A designation from the Trigonometrical Survey of India, a British geographic survey of British India.

Questions about Peak 15

What is Peak 15 the alternative spelling of?
Peak 15 is the alternative spelling of Peak XV.

Words near Peak 15 in the dictionary

  1. peaimen
  2. peajacket
  3. peajacketed
  4. peajackets
  5. peak
  6. Peak 15
  7. peak bagging
  8. peak bodies
  9. peak body
  10. Peak Dale
  11. peak detector

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Peak 15 (page history and authors); Peak XV (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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