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Mountain en · NOUN

Etymology

From mountain.

Meanings

1. A steam locomotive of the 4-8-2 wheel arrangement.
   • Western Pacific wisely devoted its design energies to the articulateds which produced most of its gross, left the 4-6-0's that came with the road plus a few secondhand Florida East Coast Mountains for its sparse passenger service. 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 106:

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Mountain en · PROPN

Etymology

From mountain.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A minor city in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States.
2. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States, originally named Mole Hill.
3. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A town and census-designated place therein, in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States.
4. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of townships in the United States, listed under Mountain Township.
5. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A rural municipality in western Manitoba, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Mountain.
6. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A hamlet near Queensbury, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0930).
7. (countable, historical, obsolete, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A huge province in the Cordilleras composed of the subprovinces of Apayao, Amburayan, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, and Lepanto-Bontoc.
8. (countable) A surname.
9. (countable, historical, uncountable, with-definite-article) The Montagnard party in the time of the French Revolution.

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Relateds

Montaigne · Montaño · Montano · Montaigne · Montano

Synonyms

Mountain Province