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The Himalayas and Mount Everest: use articles with names

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Say the Himalayas because it is the name of a mountain range. Say Mount Everest without the because it is the usual name of one mountain. The same contrast appears in the Alps and Mount Kilimanjaro.

Mount Everest rises in the Himalayas.
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