Denali
/dɪˈnɑːli/ name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The highest mountain peak in North America (the third most prominent peak after Mount Everest and Aconcagua), located in central Alaska.
"Mount McKinley was known to Russians as Bulshaia and to the natives of Cook Inlet as Traleyka. Both names signify 'high' or 'big mountain.' The natives of the interior know it as Denali."
Synonyms
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More examples"Denali is highest peak in North America."
Etymology
Borrowed from Koyukon Deenaalee (“the tall one; the high one; the great one”) (/dinæli/, variously rendered Dinale or Denali), from -naał- (“be long, tall”).