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Hillary

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Hil·la·ry  (hl-r), Sir Edmund Percival 1919-2008.
New Zealand mountaineer and explorer who in 1953 with Tenzing Norgay first attained the summit of Mount Everest.

Hillary [ˈhɪlərɪ]
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(Biographies / Hillary, Sir Edmund (1919 M, New Zealand, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer, SPORT AND GAMES: mountaineer) Sir Edmund. born 1919, New Zealand explorer and mountaineer. He and his Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay, were the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest (1953); New Zealand ambassador to India (1984-89)
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Noun1.HillaryHillary - New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919)


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