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Donner Pass

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Don·ner Pass  (dnr)
A pass, 2,162.1 m (7,089 ft) high, in the Sierra Nevada of eastern California near Lake Tahoe. It is named after the Donner Party of westward migrants whose survivors supposedly practiced cannibalism after being trapped in a snowstorm near here in October 1846.
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Noun1.Donner Pass - a mountain pass in northeastern California near Lake Tahoe; site where in 1844 some members of an emigrant party survived by eating those who had died
Calif., California, Golden State, CA - a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes
High Sierra, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Sierra Nevada - a mountain range in eastern California; contains Mount Whitney


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It went right around that mountain up into the Donner Pass.
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A group of nomadic cannibals had briefly occupied an area known as Donner Pass.
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