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Whit⋅ney

[hwit-nee, wit-]
–noun
1. Eli, 1765–1825, U.S. manufacturer and inventor.
2. John Hay, 1904–82, U.S. diplomat and newspaper publisher.
3. Josiah Dwight, 1819–96, U.S. geologist.
4. William Dwight, 1827–94, U.S. philologist and lexicographer (brother of Josiah Dwight).
5. Mount, a mountain in E California, in the Sierra Nevada. 14,495 ft. (4418 m).
6. a male given name.
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Whitney, Mount  
A peak, 4,147 m (14,491 ft) high, in the Sierra Nevada of east-central California. It is the highest elevation in the continental United States.
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Mount Whitney

Mountain in eastern California.

Note: Highest peak in the United States, excluding Alaska.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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