SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS
Dictionary entry overview: What does Sierra Nevada Mountains mean?
• SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS (noun)
The noun SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS has 1 sense:
1. a mountain range in eastern California; contains Mount Whitney
Familiarity information: SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS (noun)
Meaning:
A mountain range in eastern California; contains Mount Whitney
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
High Sierra; Sierra Nevada Mountains; Sierra Nevada
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)
