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    SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A mountain range in eastern California; contains Mount Whitneyplay

    Synonyms:

    High Sierra; Sierra Nevada; Sierra Nevada Mountains

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    Instance hypernyms:

    chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)

    Meronyms (parts of "Sierra Nevada Mountains"):

    Donner Pass (a mountain pass in northeastern California near Lake Tahoe; site where in 1844 some members of an emigrant party survived by eating those who had died)

    Mount Whitney; Whitney (the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high))

    Holonyms ("Sierra Nevada Mountains" is a part of...):

    CA; Calif.; California; Golden State (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes)

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