Everest (redirected from Everest, Mount)

Ev·er·est  (vr-st, vrst), Mount

A mountain, 8,850 m (29,035 ft) high, of the central Himalaya Mountains on the border of Xizang (Tibet) and Nepal. The highest elevation in the world, it was first scaled in 1953 by members of an expedition including Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.

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Everest [ˈɛvərɪst]

n

1. (Placename) Mount. a mountain in S Asia on the border between Nepal and Tibet, in the Himalayas: the highest mountain in the world; first climbed by a British expedition (1953). Height: 8850 m (29 035 ft.)

2. any high point of ambition or achievement

[named after Sir G. Everest (1790-1866), Surveyor-General of India]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Everest - a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal; the highest mountain peak in the world (29,028 feet high) Mount Everest, Mt. Everest Kingdom of Nepal, Nepal - a small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China Sitsang, Thibet, Tibet, Xizang - an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas Himalaya, Himalaya Mountains, Himalayas - a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain

Translations

Everest [ˈevərɪst] N (also Mount Everest) → (monte m) Everest m

Everest [ˈɛvərɪst] n (also Mount Everest) → le mont Everest, l'Everest m

Everest

n (Mount) Everest → der (Mount) Everest

Everest [ˈɛvərɪst] n (also Mount Everest) → l'Everest m, il monte m Everest