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SIERRA NEVADA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mountain range in eastern California; contains Mount Whitney
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"):
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" 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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A mountain range in southern Spain along the Mediterranean coast to the east of Granada
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)
Holonyms ("Sierra Nevada" is a part of...):
Espana; Kingdom of Spain; Spain (a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power)
