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McKinley
[ muh-kin-lee ]
noun
- William, 1843鈥1901, 25th president of the U.S. 1897鈥1901.
- Mount McKinley, former name of Denali.
McKinley
1/ 尘蓹藞办瑟苍濒瑟 /
noun
- Mount McKinley or Denalia mountain in S central Alaska, in the Alaska Range: the highest peak in North America. Height: 6194 m (20聽320 ft)
McKinley
2/ 尘蓹藞办瑟苍濒瑟 /
noun
- McKinleyWilliam18431901MUSPOLITICS: head of state William. 1843鈥1901, 25th president of the US (1897鈥1901). His administration was marked by high tariffs and by expansionist policies. He was assassinated
Example Sentences
McKinley has landed among Alaskans with a decided thud.
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 鈥淢ount McKinley.鈥
Although none of us were quick to grasp the full implications of that inaugural invocation of McKinley鈥檚 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.
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