Denali

De·na·li

D0128700 (də-nä′lē) A peak, 6,190 m (20,310 ft) high, in the Alaska Range of south-central Alaska. It is the highest point in North America. Denali was formerly known as Mount McKinley.

[Koyukon (Athabascan language of Alaska) Diinaalii, the tall one.]

Denali

(dɪˈnɑːlɪ) n (Placename) another name for Mount McKinley¹

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Denali - a mountain in south central Alaska; the highest peak in North America (20,300 feet high)Mount McKinley, Mt. McKinley, McKinleyAK, Alaska, Last Frontier - a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union; "Alaska is the largest state in the United States"Alaska Range - a mountain range in south central Alaska; contains Mount McKinley

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Denali,

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Mount McKinley,

peak, 20,310 ft (6,190 m) high, S central Alaska, in the Alaska Range; highest point in North America. Permanent snowfields cover more than half the mountain and feed numerous glaciers. Though it was known locally as Denali ["the Great One"], a prospector named it Mt. McKinley in 1896 after he learned that the former Ohio governor had been nominated for president, and the name was adopted officially in 1917. Denali was first scaled successfully by the American explorer Hudson StuckStuck, Hudson,
1863–1920, American missionary and explorer, b. London, England. He emigrated to the United States in 1885, graduated from the Univ. of the South (1892), and was dean (1894–1904) of the Episcopal cathedral at Dallas, Tex.
..... Click the link for more information. and three others in 1913. Beginning in 1975 Alaskans attempted to have the local native name of the peak restored as its official name, but their efforts were blocked by Ohio's congressional delegation until it was renamed in 2015 by President Obama. Denali is included in Denali National Park and PreserveDenali National Park and Preserve
, in the Alaska Range, S central Alaska; comprising Denali National Park (4,740,912 acres/1,919,398 hectares), est. as Mt. McKinley National Park 1917, and Denali National Preserve (1,399,078 acres/566,428 hectares), est.
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Mount McKinley,

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noun a mountain in south central Alaska

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