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Tenzing Norgay
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Tenzing Norgay [ˈtɛnsɪŋ ˈnɔːgeɪ]
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(Biographies / Tenzing Norgay (1914-1986) M, Nepalese, SPORT AND GAMES: mountaineer) 1914-86, Nepalese mountaineer. With Sir Edmund Hillary, he was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest (1953)
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Noun1.Tenzing Norgay - Sherpa mountaineer guide who with Sir Edmund Hillary was one of the first to attain the summit of Mount Everest (1914-1986)
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