mountainous
pronunciation
How to pronounce mountainous in British English:
UK [ˈmaʊntənəs]
How to pronounce mountainous in American English:
US [ˈmaʊntənəs]
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- Adjective:
- having hills and crags
- like a mountain in size and impressiveness
- containing many mountains
Word Origin
- mountainous (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French montagneux, from Vulgar Latin *montaneosus "mountainous," from *montanea (see mountain).
Example
- 1. The mountainous country is rich in minerals , but the investment risk is only growing .
- 2. In mountainous , rice-growing guangxi , peng yingxue began piano lessons when she was four .
- 3. We expect that these mountainous jerks will soon threaten every aspect of our lives , from sex to sports .
- 4. Yunnan is a quake-prone , mountainous region that lies on china 's southern border with thailand and burma .
- 5. The three say they were hiking in a mountainous border region and have denied the spying charges .