Mount Everest

== English == === Etymology === From mount +‎ Everest, coined by the British army officer and Surveyor General of India Andrew Scott Waugh (1810–1878)—originally as Mont Everest—in a paper of 1 March 1856 to the Royal Geographical Society, after his predecessor George Everest (1790–1866): see the quotation. The name Mount Everest was used in a paper on 27 October 1856 by the British naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800 or 1801 – 1894) and by Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792–1871), the President of the Society, at a meeting of the Society on 11 May 1857 at which the two papers were read. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmaʊnt ˈɛv(ə)ɹɪst/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmaʊnt ˈɛv(ə)ɹəst/ enPR: ĕ′vərĭst Hyphenation: Mount Ev‧e‧rest === Proper noun === Mount Everest A mountain in the Himalayas, on the border of Solukhumbu district, Koshi, Nepal and Tingri County, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China; the world's highest mountain above sea level. [from 1856] ==== Alternative forms ==== Everest, Mt Everest, Mt. Everest ==== Synonyms ==== (historical): Peak XV (from Mandarin Chinese): Zhumulangma, Chu-mu-lang-ma, Chumulangma (Nepali): Sagarmatha (PRC Tibetan, official): Qomolangma, Qomolangma Feng (Tibetan): Chomolungma, Chomolangma ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Mount Everest (plural Mount Everests) (figurative) An endeavor that is very demanding yet rewarding; also, something which is the highest achievement, challenge, etc.; the epitome, the pinnacle, the ultimate. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:apex For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Mount Everest. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Mount Everest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:Mount Everest on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons “Mount Everest”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. Saul B[ernard] Cohen, editor (2008), “Everest, Mount”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, 2nd edition, volume 1, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 1186, column 1. “Mount Everest”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer. == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Mount Everest. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɔnt ˈɛ.vɛ.rɛst/, (hyperforeign) /ˈmawnt ˈɛ.vɛ.rɛst/ Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually] === Proper noun === Mount Everest m inan Mount Everest (a mountain in Himalayas) Synonym: Czomolungma ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Mount Everest”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[9] (in Polish) Mount Everest in PWN's encyclopedia