monadnock
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noun
- A hill or mountain standing isolated above a predominantly flat plain.
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Etymology
From the name of Mount Monadnock in New England, which derives from an Abenaki word, perhaps menonadenak, menonadenek (“smooth mountain”) or menadenak, menadenek (“isolated mountain”), from aden (“mountain”).
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