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MOUNT WHITNEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mount Whitney mean?
• MOUNT WHITNEY (noun)
The noun MOUNT WHITNEY has 1 sense:
1. the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high)
Familiarity information: MOUNT WHITNEY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Mount Whitney; Whitney
Instance hypernyms:
mountain peak (the summit of a mountain)
Holonyms ("Mount Whitney" is a part of...):
High Sierra; Sierra Nevada; Sierra Nevada Mountains (a mountain range in eastern California; contains Mount Whitney)
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