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Whit·ney (hwit′nē, wit′-)

Whitney, Eli 1765-1825; U.S. inventor, esp. of the cotton gin
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Whit·ney (hwit′nē, wit′-)

mountain of the Sierra Nevada range, EC Calif.: highest peak in the U.S. outside of Alas.: 14,495 ft (4,418 m)

Etymology: after J. D. Whitney (1819-96), U.S. geologist

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