Pilatus

[pee-lah-toos]

noun

1. a mountain in central Switzerland, near Lucerne: a peak of the Alps; cable railway. 6,998 feet (2,130 meters).

Pilatus

/ piˈlaːtʊs /

noun

1. a mountain in central Switzerland, in Unterwalden canton: derives its name from the legend that the body of Pontius Pilate lay in a former lake on the mountain. Height: 2122 m (6962 ft)

Example Sentences

With their striking looks and distinctive style, the duo of Fabrice Morvan and Rob Pilatus were tailor-made for the MTV era.

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The National Transportation Safety Board published its final report on the crash last week, nearly two years after the single-engine Pilatus PC-12 crashed in the Atlantic Ocean near the southern edge of the Outer Banks.

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Largely forgotten now, the duo of Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan had burst onto the music scene with a 1988 album titled “Girl You Know It’s True.”

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It sold several million copies worldwide and won the duo, Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan, a Grammy Award as best new artist.

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But the next year, Mr. Farian revealed that the songs on the album were actually sung by studio vocalists, and that in performance Mr. Pilatus and Mr. Morvan — energetic dancers who put on a crowd-pleasing show — were lip-syncing.

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