Tenzing Norgay Syllabification: (Ten·zing Nor·gay)Pronunciation: /ˈtenziNG ˈnôrˌgā/Definition of Tenzing Norgay (1914–86), Sherpa mountaineer. In 1953, as members of the British expedition, he and Sir Edmund Hillary were the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Tenzing Norgay in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Tenzing Norgay in the British & World English dictionary