YOSEMITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Yosemite mean? 

• YOSEMITE (noun)
  The noun YOSEMITE has 1 sense:

1. a series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California; is reduced to a trickle for part of each year

  Familiarity information: YOSEMITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YOSEMITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California; is reduced to a trickle for part of each year

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Yosemite; Yosemite Falls

Instance hypernyms:

falls; waterfall (a steep descent of the water of a river)

Holonyms ("Yosemite" is a part of...):

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

 Context examples 

In addition to the El Portal Fire of July, 2014, in Yosemite National Park, California, the team has studied 22 other large wildfires in the western U.S.

(Researchers discover how wildfires create their own weather, National Science Foundation)