Meanings
- The highest mountain peak in North America (the third most prominent peak after Mount Everest and Aconcagua), located in central Alaska.
Mount McKinley was known to Russians as Bulshaia and to the natives of Cook Inlet as Traleyka. Both names signify 'high' or 'big mountain.' The natives of the interior know it as Denali.
1902, Dodd, Mead and Company, New International EncyclopediaSynonyms: Mount McKinley
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe highest mountain peak in North America (the third most prominent peak after Mount Everest and Aconcagua), located in central Alaska.
Origin
- koyDeenaalee“the tall one; the high one; the great one”
- EnglishDenali
Borrowed from Koyukon Deenaalee (“the tall one; the high one; the great one”) (/dinæli/, variously rendered Dinale or Denali), from -naał- (“be long, tall”).
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Chinese Mandarin 德納里峰
- 德納里峰 (Dénàlǐ Fēng)highest mountain peak in North America
Danish Denali
- Denalihighest mountain peak in North America
French Denali, Mont McKinley
- Denalihighest mountain peak in North America
- Mont McKinleyhighest mountain peak in North America
German Denali
- Denalihighest mountain peak in North America
Korean 디날리산
- 디날리산 (dinallisan)highest mountain peak in North America
Russian Дена́ли, Больша́я Гора́
- Дена́ли (Denáli)highest mountain peak in North America
- Больша́я Гора́ (Bolʹšája Gorá)highest mountain peak in North America
- Мак-Ки́нли (Mak-Kínli)highest mountain peak in North America
Spanish Denali
- Denalihighest mountain peak in North America
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Cite this entry
Denali. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Denali
“Denali.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Denali. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Denali,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Denali.
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