Denali en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /dɪˈnɑːli/
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”).
Meanings
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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.
1902, Dodd, Mead and Company, New International Encyclopedia:
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kuu Denaze (highest mountain peak in North America) · hoi Denadhe (highest mountain peak in North America) · aht Dghelaay Ke'e (highest mountain peak in North America) · fr Denali (highest mountain peak in North America) · ru Дена́ли (highest mountain peak in North America) · taa Dinadhi (highest mountain peak in North America) · tfn Dghili Ka'a (highest mountain peak in North America) · fr Mont McKinley (highest mountain peak in North America) · ru Больша́я Гора́ (highest mountain peak in North America) · de Denali (highest mountain peak in North America) · ru Мак-Ки́нли (highest mountain peak in North America) · ing Dengadh (highest mountain peak in North America) · es Denali (highest mountain peak in North America) · da Denali (highest mountain peak in North America) · cmn 德納里峰 (highest mountain peak in North America) · koy Deenaalee (highest mountain peak in North America) · tfn Dghelay Ka'a (highest mountain peak in North America) · ko 디날리산 (highest mountain peak in North America)
wikipedia: +–Mount McKinley naming dispute · wikipedia: Denali