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Everest

/ˈɛvəɹɪst/ · name

Meaning

  1. Ellipsis of Mount Everest.
  2. Epitome, ultimate
  3. A surname.
  4. A mountain on the border of Tibet, China and Nepal.
  5. To repeatedly cycle up steep roads with a total distance equal to the height of Mount Everest.

Etymology / origin

Mountain named after Sir George Everest. The surname may be from Norman French Devereux, meaning from Évreux.

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