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McKinley
[ muh-kin-lee ]
noun
- William, 1843–1901, 25th president of the U.S. 1897–1901.
- Mount McKinley, former name of Denali.
McKinley
1/ ³¾É™Ëˆ°ìɪ²Ô±ôɪ /
noun
- Mount McKinley or Denalia mountain in S central Alaska, in the Alaska Range: the highest peak in North America. Height: 6194 m (20Â 320 ft)
McKinley
2/ ³¾É™Ëˆ°ìɪ²Ô±ôɪ /
noun
- McKinleyWilliam18431901MUSPOLITICS: head of state William. 1843–1901, 25th president of the US (1897–1901). His administration was marked by high tariffs and by expansionist policies. He was assassinated
Example Sentences
He wants to go back to the Gilded Age of William McKinley in the 1890s.
This was, of course, all in the administration of William McKinley, whom Trump refers to and admires; he wants the mountain in Alaska to be renamed “Mount McKinley.â€
Although none of us were quick to grasp the full implications of that inaugural invocation of McKinley’s ghost, Donald Trump was indeed signaling just what he planned to do as president.
Denali, the indigenous name for the famed Alaskan peak, will revert back to Mount McKinley, a reference to the assassinated 19th century president.
Trump's executive order, signed on 20 January, also ordered North America's tallest mountain - formerly known as Mount Denali - be renamed Mount McKinley.
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