Rocky Mountains
English
Map of the Rocky Mountains
Moraine Lake and the Valley of the Ten Peaks
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”).
Proper noun
the Rocky Mountains pl (normally plural, singular Rocky Mountain)
- (geography) A range of mountains running from Northern New Mexico to Alaska.
- Meronym: Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Rockies
- Rocky Mountain bighorn (Ovis canadensis canadensis)
- Rocky Mountain canary
- Rocky Mountain dormouse
- Rocky Mountain fever
- Rocky Mountain flying squirrel
- Rocky Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus)
- Rocky Mountain locust (Melanoplus spretus)
- Rocky Mountain oyster
- Rocky Mountain rat
- Rocky Mountain sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis)
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- Rocky Mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni)
Translations
mountain range
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Norwegian
Proper noun
- Rocky Mountains
- Vi var i Rocky Mountains denne sommeren. – We were in the Rocky Mountains this summer.
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