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DONNER PASS
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I. (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)
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