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Peak XV

Peak XV proper noun: synonym of Mount Everest.

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...
    • 1856 A survey of India finds that Peak XV in the Himalayas is the world's tallest mountain.2002, Joy Masoff, “Chronology”, in Everest: Reaching for the Sky, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 45
    Synonyms:
    Mount Everest

Synonyms of Peak XV

Forms of Peak XV

alternative formPeak 15

Questions about Peak XV

What does Peak XV mean?
Peak XV means synonym of Mount Everest.
What part of speech is Peak XV?
Peak XV is a proper noun.

Words near Peak XV in the dictionary

  1. peak transing
  2. Peak TV
  3. peak vehicle requirement
  4. peak vehicle requirements
  5. Peak View
  6. Peak XV
  7. peak-bagging
  8. peak-trans
  9. peak-transed
  10. peak-transes
  11. peak-transing

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