DONNER PASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Donner Pass mean? 

• DONNER PASS (noun)
  The noun DONNER PASS has 1 sense:

1. a mountain pass in northeastern California near Lake Tahoe; site where in 1844 some members of an emigrant party survived by eating those who had died

  Familiarity information: DONNER PASS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DONNER PASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mountain pass in northeastern California near Lake Tahoe; site where in 1844 some members of an emigrant party survived by eating those who had died

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

mountain pass; notch; pass (the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks)

Holonyms ("Donner Pass" is a part of...):

CA; Calif.; California; Golden State (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes)

High Sierra; Sierra Nevada; Sierra Nevada Mountains (a mountain range in eastern California; contains Mount Whitney)