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Donner Pass definition

Don·ner Pass (dän′ər)

mountain pass in E Calif., in the Sierra Nevada: c. 7,100 ft (2,164 m) high

Etymology: after the ill-fated Donner party who wintered there 1846-47

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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