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)

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

Derived terms
Derived terms

Translations

Norwegian

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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