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Mat⋅ter⋅horn

[mat-er-hawrn]
–noun
a mountain on the border of Switzerland and Italy, in the Pennine Alps. 14,780 ft. (4505 m).
French, Mont Cervin.
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Mat·ter·horn   (māt'ər-hôrn', mä'tər-)   
A mountain, 4,481.1 m (14,692 ft) high, in the Pennine Alps on the Italian-Swiss border. It was first scaled in 1865.
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Matterhorn

Mountain in the Alps on the border of Switzerland and Italy, celebrated for its distinctive shape.

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