[inejge]

> Denali is just the word for 'tall' in some local dialect. It is not exactly pregnant with meaning.

Look up the etymology of Mont Blanc or the Himalayas -- not especially pregnant with meaning either. The point is that using the local name, if it existed, was a pretty well established principle in cartography, made more conspicuous when overlooked, as with Mt. Everest. And Denali.

[DamnInteresting]

The 'Grand Teton' mountain in Wyoming is just a French phrase meaning 'big boob'.[1] And 'McKinley' was just some politician who had never even laid eyes on his namesake lump of rock.

[1] https://www.davehansenwhitewater.com/how-the-tetons-got-thei...

[marcusverus]

"Mont Blanc"? The descendants of the celtic peoples who originally populated the area would take issue with that moniker. They didn't have a true written language back in the daye, but they did have a rune-like symbol for that mountain that looks just like unicode character U+1F4A9. Hopefully in time we will all refer to the mountain in a more respectful way.