Whitney

[ hwit-nee, wit- ]
/ ˈʰwɪt ni, ˈwɪt- /

noun

Eli,1765–1825, U.S. manufacturer and inventor.
John Hay,1904–82, U.S. diplomat and newspaper publisher.
Josiah Dwight,1819–96, U.S. geologist.
William Dwight,1827–94, U.S. philologist and lexicographer (brother of Josiah Dwight).
Mount, a mountain in E California, in the Sierra Nevada. 14,495 feet (4418 meters).
a male given name.

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British Dictionary definitions for whitney (1 of 2)

Whitney 1
/ (ˈwɪtnɪ) /

noun

Mount Whitney a mountain in E California: the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and in continental US (excluding Alaska). Height: 4418 m (14 495 ft)

British Dictionary definitions for whitney (2 of 2)

Whitney 2
/ (ˈwɪtnɪ) /

noun

Eli. 1765–1825, US inventor of a mechanical cotton gin (1793) and pioneer manufacturer of interchangeable parts
William Dwight. 1827–94, US philologist, noted esp for his Sanskrit Grammar (1879)