Rocky Mountains

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English

Map of the Rocky Mountains
Moraine Lake and the Valley of the Ten Peaks
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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)

  1. A range of mountains running from Northern New Mexico to Alaska.
    Synonym: Rockies
    Meronym: Sangre de Cristo Mountains

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Norwegian

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Proper noun

Rocky Mountains

  1. Rocky Mountains
    Vi var i Rocky Mountains denne sommeren. – We were in the Rocky Mountains this summer.
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