Mount Hood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range, formed by a subduction zone on the Pacific Coast and resting in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

Word forms

Mount Hood

Etymology

Named in 1792 by Lt. William Broughton, after the British admiral Samuel Hood.

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