English Explanatory Dictionary

Shiprock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A monadnock rising nearly 1,583 feet (482.5 m) above the high-desert plain of the Navajo Nation in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States.

Word forms

Shiprock Ship Rock

Etymology

From ship + rock, from the peak's resemblance to a 19th-century clipper ship.

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