English Explanatory Dictionary

Rocky Mountains

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A range of mountains running from Northern New Mexico to Alaska.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Rocky Mountains.wav

Word forms

Rocky Mountains the Rocky Mountains Rocky Mountain

Etymology

Calque of French Montagnes de Roche first recorded in 1752 by Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre, believed to itself be a calque from an indigenous language, possibly a calque of Plains Cree asinîwaciy, a compound which includes asiniy (“rock”) + waciy (“mountain”).

Synonyms

Rockies

Derived words

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