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English noun: Whitney

1. Whitney (person) United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)


SynonymsEli Whitney


Instance hypernymartificer, discoverer, inventor, manufacturer, producer

2. Whitney (object) the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high)


SynonymsMount Whitney


Instance hypernymmountain peak


Part meronymHigh Sierra, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada Mountains









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