Helvellyn

[ hel-vel-in ]

noun
  1. a mountain in NW England. 3,118 feet (950 meters).

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How to use Helvellyn in a sentence

  • Dicky Wyatt writes, in answer to Helvellyn, that the word "Kettledrum" means a large social party.

    Little Folks | Various
  • I've seen crags and cliffs, I've climbed the dark brow of the mighty Helvellyn, but this puts it over all the earth!

    The Come Back | Carolyn Wells
  • He spoke of it as though it were some beetling eminence, resembling at the very least a Snowdon or an Helvellyn.

  • There is a story of a traveller who was killed by a fall from a precipice near Mt. Helvellyn.

    Landseer | Estelle M. Hurll
  • But Helvellyn was robed in clouds, and the rain was of that determined kind that admits of no hope.

    Windfalls | (AKA Alpha of the Plough) Alfred George Gardiner

British Dictionary definitions for Helvellyn

Helvellyn

/ (hɛlˈvɛlɪn) /


noun
  1. a mountain in NW England, in the Lake District. Height: 949 m (3114 ft)

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