whitney
IPA: wˈɪtni
Root Word: Whitney
noun
- A habitational surname from Middle English.
- A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1980s and 1990s. Due to the popularity of Whitney Houston
- A male given name from surname
- A census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States.
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Examples of "whitney" in Sentences
- Mount Whitney is the jagged peak above the road.
- Manings is the widower of actress Whitney Blake.
- The time of the Whitney was the result of a slow variant.
- In 2004, the collective was featured in the Whitney Biennial.
- The film was also selected as part of the 2008 Whitney Biennial.
- The layout of the rifle was later used in the Whitney Wolverine pistol.
- Amongst many, Whitney's breeding operation produced Equipoise and Johren.
- The binomial name commemorates the US philanthropist Harry Payne Whitney.
- He was the brother of grammarian and lexicographer William Dwight Whitney.
- The obstruction to the lifting is known to be the second Stiefel Whitney class.
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