Adam's Peak

proper noun

Sri Pada.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Sri Pada.

Synonyms & antonyms

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sri pada

Origin

After a Sri Lankan Muslim legend that the seeming indentation on the mountain is a footprint left by Adam, who were forced to stand on one leg for a thousand years as penance after being expelled from Eden; a modification of the older Buddhist tradition that it is a footprint of the Buddha. In the less common Syriac Christian version of the legend it is said to made by the apostle Thomas instead.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Adam's Peak

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APA

Adam's Peak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Adam's%20Peak

MLA

“Adam's Peak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Adam's%20Peak. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Adam's Peak,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Adam's%20Peak.

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