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Peak XV. In 1865, Everest was given its official English name by the Royal Geographical Society upon recommendation of Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India at the time.
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The Tibetans have always had their own name for the mountain, and the Nepalis have had an official name for it for the past few decades, but your question appears to be asking specifically what name did English speakers use before 1865 when it was called Everest for the first time. Some old European charts that predate 1865 use the name Gaurisankar.
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Mount Everest had 2 original names before it was rename after Sir Everest. In Napel it was knows as Sagarmatha (Goddess of the Sky) and in Tibet it was known as Chomolungma (Mother Goddess of the Universe)
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Bac in the day they probably called it "that huge f***ing hill."
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