El Capitan
Proper noun
Meaning
El Capitan
A vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park.
Examples
Across the street, the blinking lights of the El Capitan Theatre shimmered off the sidewalk for few to see.
After 1978, the filmed jumps from El Capitan were repeated, not as a publicity exercise or as a movie stunt, but as a true recreational activity.
A plethora of users are voicing issues on Apple’s support forums centered around logging in to iMessage and FaceTime following the update to OS X 10.11.4 El Capitan.
Characters from Disney Pixar’s “The Incredibles” also make an appearance on El Capitan Theatre’s marquee.
Jumps continued after the recovery of his body. citation He and his friend Michael Pelkey were the first to make a BASE jump from El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in 1966.
El Capitan, Half Dome and Glacier Point have been used as jump sites.