Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • The highest mountain of Great Britain, rising to 1,343 m (4,406 ft) in the Grampian Mountains of western Scotland.

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  • proper noun The highest mountain in the United Kingdom, in the Highlands of Scotland.

Etymologies

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From Scottish Gaelic beinn ("peak") + "Nevis" having an unknown etymology.

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Examples

  • After breakfast we commissioned Mrs. MacPherson to engage the services of the guide to conduct us to the top of Ben Nevis, which is 4,406 feet high, offering to pay him the sum of one sovereign for his services.

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

  • The town of Fort William is incredibly popular with sports men and women especially rock climbers, hill walkers and ramblers who get excited getting to the top of Ben Nevis which is not too far from the town.

    BeanRocket Blog Communities Lastest Posts 2009

  • Instead, realising his perilous position, Montrose persuaded some shepherds of the Macdonald clan to lead the army to safety through the pathless wastes round Ben Nevis.

    Weatherwatch: Winter snow fades in the highlands 2011

  • To the west lay Ben Nevis, unguarded but regarded as impassable.

    Weatherwatch: Winter snow fades in the highlands 2011

  • Dementia Adventure provides holidays, days out and a variety of adventures for people of all ages – this includes sailing breaks, a holiday in the Isle of Man, a week in Turkey this summer and walking up Ben Nevis.

    Britain's New Radicals: final chance to show that you can make a difference 2012

  • A sight that is now exceedingly rare snow capped Scottish Highlands mountains including Ben Nevis.

    Weatherwatch: Why have all the snow-capped peaks vanished? 2011

  • I've climbed Ben Nevis, driven a Ferrari and learned to do the tango.

    Good to meet you: Janette Martindale 2011

  • Perhaps it was this electrifying run – along with so many others where the fell running records he set up in the 80s from Snowdon to Ben Nevis still stand today – that in some way led to the chronic fatigue syndrome condition responsible for slowing his system and stopping his fell running, if not his spirit.

    Country diary: Lake District 2010

  • Since when his popularity has plummeted like a boulder lobbed off Ben Nevis by Geoff Capes.

    The Easy Option; and Big Talk 2010

  • Go on the rails at ice station Kinlochleven, West HighlandsOnly minutes away from both the Ben Nevis and the Glencoe mountain ranges, the Ice Factor (01855 831100, ice-factor. co.uk; £48 for a 2½-hour ice climb intro course) in Kinlochleven has the largest indoor ice-climbing facility in the world, with more than 600 square metres of indoor rock climbing walls, which contain nearly 500 tonnes of snow.

    Just get physical: active days out in Britain Dale Berning 2010

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