Denali

Denali (Mount McKinley)

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • The highest mountain peak in North America (the third most prominent peak after Mount Everest and Aconcagua), located in central Alaska.

Related

Similar words

  • Mount McKinley

Origin

  • Borrowed from Koyukon Deenaalee ("the tall one; the high one; the great one") (, variously rendered Dinale or Denali), from -naaƂ-.

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