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 

• MOUNT WHITNEY (noun)

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)