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How to pronounce whitney

IPA transcription: ['wɪtni]

Pronunciation variants: ['wɪtni][h'wɪtni]

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Noun

  • United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)

  • the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high)

Usage examples

  • Chauncey Whitney, a deputy to Kingsbury, took over following Sheriff Kingsbury's departure.
  • Her brother was John Hay Whitney.
  • Vanderbilt lost custody of her daughter to her sister-in-law Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.
  • Other members of the corporation included Boeing, United Airlines, Sikorsky, and Pratt and Whitney.
  • United Aircraft entered both industries, via Pratt and Whitney and Sikorsky, respectively.
  • book spot for victoria mendoza and whitney mendoza at a pub in Callicoon in fifteen hours
  • Henry Austin Whitney was the president of the railroad at the time.
  • "Whitney Field" polo field near Saratoga Springs, New York is named for him.
  • Pratt and Whitney Twin Wasp Junior.
  • The famous Whitney family owned property by the mill and built a mansion.