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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