WHITNEY


Meaning of WHITNEY in English

/hwit"nee, wit"-/ , n.

1. Eli , 1765-1825, U.S. manufacturer and inventor.

2. John Hay , 1904-82, U.S. diplomat and newspaper publisher.

3. Josiah Dwight , 1819-96, U.S. geologist.

4. William Dwight , 1827-94, U.S. philologist and lexicographer (brother of Josiah Dwight).

5. Mount , a mountain in E California, in the Sierra Nevada. 14,495 ft. (4418 m).

6. a male given name.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .