Everest
pronunciation
How to pronounce Everest in British English:
UK ['evərɪst]
How to pronounce Everest in American English:
US ['evərəst]
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- Noun:
- a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal; the highest mountain peak in the world (29,028 feet high)
Word Origin
- Everest (n.)
- mountain between Nepal and Tibet, named 1865 for Sir George Everest (1790-1866), surveyor-general of India. The Tibetan name is Chomolangma "mother goddess of the world." Everest's surname is said in name-books to be a variant of Devereux, a Norman name, from Evereux/Evreux in France, which from a Celtic tribal name (Latin Eburovices) based on the Ebura (modern Eure) river.
Example
- 1. Calls for long-term everest waste management plan starting with toilets
- 2. He describes himself as a poet and adventurer , having climbed mount everest and reached the north and south poles .
- 3. A very small lake at the edge of the khumbu glacier burst and it washed away four bridges on a track up to everest base camp .
- 4. Mark inglislost both of his legs below the knees in a mountaineering accident , but has since climbed mt everest .
- 5. Unveiled by sir ranulph fiennes on his return from mount everest last month , the handset is equipped for the explorer .