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NEVADA
NEVADA (a Spanish word meaning " snow-clad " or " snowy land," originally applied to a snow-capped mountain range on the Pacific slope)

NEVADA (Span. for " snowy range ") , a

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mountain range, about 430 M.

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long, in the eastern

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PART

part of

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California, containing Mt

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Whitney (14,502 ft,), the highest point in the

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UNITED

United States, excluding

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ALASKA

Alaska .

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