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Ev⋅er⋅est

[ev-er-ist, ev-rist]
–noun
1. Mount, a mountain in S Asia, on the boundary between Nepal and Tibet, in the Himalayas: the highest mountain in the world. 29,028 ft. (8848 m).
2. high point; summit: The book is an Everest in the field of historical scholarship.
3. a male given name.
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Everest 
mountain between Nepal and Tibet, named for Sir George Everest (1790-1866), surveyor-general of India.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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