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fourteener

Dialect

Meaning
A mountain peak over 14,000 feet.
Type
Dialect Word
Used in
Colorado, California

What does “fourteener” mean

Colorado has 58 of them and hiking them is a state pastime. The verb is "to bag a fourteener." Other Mountain West states use the term too, but Colorado made it canonical.

Where it's used

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