SIERRA NEVADA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

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Meaning:

A mountain range in eastern California; contains Mount Whitney

Synonyms:

High Sierra; Sierra Nevada; Sierra Nevada Mountains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)

Meronyms (parts of "Sierra Nevada"):

Donner Pass (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)

Mount Whitney; Whitney (the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high))

Holonyms ("Sierra Nevada" 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)

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