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Everest
(ev′ər ist, ev′rist)
peak of the Himalayas, on the border of Nepal & Tibet: highest known mountain in the world: 29,035 ft (8,850 m)
See Everest in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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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