Associations to the word «Whitney»

Wiktionary

WHITNEY, proper noun. A habitational surname​.
WHITNEY, proper noun. A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1980s and 1990s.

Dictionary definition

WHITNEY, noun. United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825).
WHITNEY, noun. The highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high).

Wise words

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
Charles de Gaulle