"Rocky Mountains" meaning in English

See Rocky Mountains in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: the Rocky Mountains [canonical, plural], Rocky Mountain [singular]
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 ᐊᓯᓃᐘᒋᕀ (asinîwaciy), a compound which includes ᐊᓯᓂᕀ (asiniy, “rock”) + ᐘᒋᕀ (waciy, “mountain”). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|fr|Montagnes de Roche}} Calque of French Montagnes de Roche, {{calque|en|crk|ᐊᓯᓃᐘᒋᕀ|nocap=1|nocat=1|tr=asinîwaciy}} calque of Plains Cree ᐊᓯᓃᐘᒋᕀ (asinîwaciy) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|p|def=1|head=Rocky Mountains|sg=Rocky Mountain}} the Rocky Mountains pl (normally plural, singular Rocky Mountain)
  1. A range of mountains running from Northern New Mexico to Alaska. Wikipedia link: Rocky Mountains Tags: plural-normally Categories (place): Canada, Mountains, North America, United States Synonyms: Rockies Translations (mountain range): جِبَال رُوكِي (jibāl rūkī) [masculine, plural] (Arabic), Скалі́стыя го́ры (Skalístyja hóry) [feminine, plural] (Belarusian), Muntanyes Rocalloses (Catalan), 洛磯山脈 /洛矶山脉 (Luòjī shānmài) (Chinese Mandarin), 落基山脈 /落基山脉 (Luòjī shānmài) (Chinese Mandarin), Skalisté hory [feminine, plural] (Czech), Rocky Mountains (Danish), Kaljumäestik (Estonian), Klettafjøll [neuter, plural] (Faroese), Kalliovuoret (Finnish), montagnes Rocheuses [feminine, plural] (French), Rocheuses [feminine, plural] (French), Rocky Mountains [masculine, plural] (German), Βραχώδη Όρη (Vrachódi Óri) [neuter, plural] (Greek), Sziklás-hegység (Hungarian), Klettafjöll (Icelandic), Rokoza Monti (Ido), Montagne Rocciose [feminine] (Italian), ロッキー山脈 (Rokkī-sanmyaku) (Japanese), 로키 산맥 (Roki sanmaek) (Korean), Uoliniai kalnai (Lithuanian), Карпести Планини (Karpesti Planini) [feminine, plural] (Macedonian), Tsédeeshzha Dził (Navajo), les Montangnes Rotcheuses [feminine, plural] (Norman), Rocky Mountains (Norwegian), ᐊᓯᓃᐘᒋᕀ (asinîwaciy) (Plains Cree), Góry Skaliste [feminine, plural] (Polish), Montanhas Rochosas [feminine, plural] (Portuguese), Скали́стые го́ры (Skalístyje góry) [feminine, plural] (Russian), Montañas Rocosas [feminine, plural] (Spanish), Klippiga bergen [neuter, plural] (Swedish), Rocky Dağları (Turkish), Скеля́сті го́ри (Skeljásti hóry) [feminine, plural] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Rocky_Mountains-en-name-yru53Wkw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Entries with translation boxes, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Plains Cree translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Derived forms: Rockies, Rocky Mountain beeplant (taxonomic: Cleomella serrulata), Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (taxonomic: Ovis canadensis canadensis), Rocky Mountain blazing star (taxonomic: Liatris ligulistylis), Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine (taxonomic: Pinus aristata), Rocky Mountain canary, Rocky Mountain clearwing (taxonomic: Hemaris thetis), Rocky Mountain dotted blue (taxonomic: Euphilotes ancilla), Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir (taxonomic: Pseudotsuga menziesii subsp. glauca), Rocky Mountain elk (taxonomic: Cervus canadensis nelsoni), Rocky Mountain fever, Rocky Mountain goat (taxonomic: Oreamnos americanus), Rocky Mountain goldenrod (taxonomic: Solidago multiradiata), Rocky Mountain juniper (taxonomic: Juniperus scopulorum), Rocky Mountain locust (taxonomic: Melanoplus spretus), Rocky Mountain mule deer (taxonomic: Odocoileus hemionus hemionus), Rocky Mountain oyster, Rocky Mountain parnassian (taxonomic: Parnassius smintheus), Rocky Mountain penstemon (taxonomic: Penstemon strictus), Rocky Mountain pussytoes (taxonomic: Antennaria media), Rocky Mountain raspberry (taxonomic: Rubus deliciosus), Rocky Mountain sheep (taxonomic: Ovis canadensis canadensis), Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Rocky Mountain whitefish (taxonomic: Prosopium williamsoni), Rocky Mountain zinnia (taxonomic: Zinnia grandiflora)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Liatris ligulistylis",
      "word": "Rocky Mountain blazing star"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Pinus aristata",
      "word": "Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rocky Mountain canary"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Hemaris thetis",
      "word": "Rocky Mountain clearwing"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Euphilotes ancilla",
      "word": "Rocky Mountain dotted blue"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Pseudotsuga menziesii subsp. glauca",
      "word": "Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Cervus canadensis nelsoni",
      "word": "Rocky Mountain elk"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rocky Mountain fever"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Oreamnos americanus",
      "word": "Rocky Mountain goat"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Solidago multiradiata",
      "word": "Rocky Mountain goldenrod"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Juniperus scopulorum",
      "word": "Rocky Mountain juniper"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Melanoplus spretus",
      "word": "Rocky Mountain locust"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Odocoileus hemionus hemionus",
      "word": "Rocky Mountain mule deer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rocky Mountain oyster"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Parnassius smintheus",
      "word": "Rocky Mountain parnassian"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Penstemon strictus",
      "word": "Rocky Mountain penstemon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Antennaria media",
      "word": "Rocky Mountain pussytoes"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Rubus deliciosus",
      "word": "Rocky Mountain raspberry"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Ovis canadensis canadensis",
      "word": "Rocky Mountain sheep"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rocky Mountain spotted fever"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Prosopium williamsoni",
      "word": "Rocky Mountain whitefish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Zinnia grandiflora",
      "word": "Rocky Mountain zinnia"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "fr",
        "3": "Montagnes de Roche"
      },
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      "name": "calque"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "crk",
        "3": "ᐊᓯᓃᐘᒋᕀ",
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        "nocat": "1",
        "tr": "asinîwaciy"
      },
      "expansion": "calque of Plains Cree ᐊᓯᓃᐘᒋᕀ (asinîwaciy)",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "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 ᐊᓯᓃᐘᒋᕀ (asinîwaciy), a compound which includes ᐊᓯᓂᕀ (asiniy, “rock”) + ᐘᒋᕀ (waciy, “mountain”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the Rocky Mountains",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rocky Mountain",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    }
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        "head": "Rocky Mountains",
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      "expansion": "the Rocky Mountains pl (normally plural, singular Rocky Mountain)",
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    }
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  "pos": "name",
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        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
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        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Faroese translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
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        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Ido translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Navajo translations",
        "Terms with Norman translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Plains Cree translations",
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        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "en:Canada",
        "en:Mountains",
        "en:North America",
        "en:United States"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Meronym: Sangre de Cristo Mountains"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A range of mountains running from Northern New Mexico to Alaska."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mountains",
          "mountain"
        ],
        [
          "New Mexico",
          "New Mexico"
        ],
        [
          "Alaska",
          "Alaska"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Rockies"
        }
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        "plural-normally"
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        "Rocky Mountains"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jibāl rūkī",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "جِبَال رُوكِي"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Skalístyja hóry",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Скалі́стыя го́ры"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "word": "Muntanyes Rocalloses"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Luòjī shānmài",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "word": "洛磯山脈 /洛矶山脉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Luòjī shānmài",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "word": "落基山脈 /落基山脉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Skalisté hory"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "word": "Rocky Mountains"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "word": "Kaljumäestik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Klettafjøll"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "word": "Kalliovuoret"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "montagnes Rocheuses"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Rocheuses"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Rocky Mountains"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Vrachódi Óri",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Βραχώδη Όρη"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "word": "Sziklás-hegység"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "word": "Klettafjöll"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "word": "Rokoza Monti"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Montagne Rocciose"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Rokkī-sanmyaku",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "word": "ロッキー山脈"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Roki sanmaek",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "word": "로키 산맥"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "word": "Uoliniai kalnai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Karpesti Planini",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Карпести Планини"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "word": "Tsédeeshzha Dził"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "les Montangnes Rotcheuses"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "word": "Rocky Mountains"
    },
    {
      "code": "crk",
      "lang": "Plains Cree",
      "roman": "asinîwaciy",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "word": "ᐊᓯᓃᐘᒋᕀ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Góry Skaliste"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Montanhas Rochosas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Skalístyje góry",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Скали́стые го́ры"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Montañas Rocosas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Klippiga bergen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "word": "Rocky Dağları"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Skeljásti hóry",
      "sense": "mountain range",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Скеля́сті го́ри"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Rocky Mountains"
}

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