Montana
pronunciation
How to pronounce Montana in British English:
UK [mɔn'tænə]
How to pronounce Montana in American English:
US [mɑnˈtænə]
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- Noun:
- a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border
Word Origin
- Montana
- U.S. state, from Latinized form of Spanish montaña "mountain," from Latin mont-, stem of mons (see mountain). Proposed 1864 by U.S. Rep. James H. Ashley of Ohio when it was created as a territory from Nebraska Territory, in reference to the Rocky Mountains, which however traverse only one end of it. Admitted as a state 1889. Related: Montanan.
Example
- 1. This sort of montana icebreaker isn 't for everyone .
- 2. Is there anything in montana ?
- 3. Buying land in eastern montana is not difficult .
- 4. A supercell thunderstorm rolls across the montana prairie at sunset .
- 5. The northern herd migrates west into southwestern montana in the winter .