Finsteraarhorn

[ fin-ster-ahr-hawrn ]

noun

1. a mountain in S central Switzerland: highest peak of the Bernese Alps, 14,026 feet (4,275 meters).

Finsteraarhorn

/ ˌfɪnstərˈaːrhɔrn /

noun

1. a mountain in S central Switzerland: highest peak in the Bernese Alps. Height: 4274 m (14 022 ft)

Example Sentences

Two massive forms, two giants on the sides of the horizon, the Jungfrau and the Finsteraarhorn.

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The exception was the Finsteraarhorn, the highest of the Oberland mountains, after which comes the Aletschhorn.

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Mont Cervin beckons to his brother, the gigantic Finsteraarhorn, across tracts of liquid ether.

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The Finsteraarhorn now fronted us; but clouds turbaned the head of the giant, and hid it from our view.

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The Finsteraarhorn sends down a number of cliffy buttresses, separated from each other by wide couloirs filled with ice and snow.

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