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ADAM'S PEAK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Adam's Peak mean?
• ADAM'S PEAK (noun)
The noun ADAM'S PEAK has 1 sense:
1. a mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high)
Familiarity information: ADAM'S PEAK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Instance hypernyms:
mountain peak (the summit of a mountain)
Holonyms ("Adam's Peak" is a part of...):
Ceylon; Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka (a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948)
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