Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

monadnock

/məˈnædˌnɒk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: mon-ad-nock
IPA: /məˈnædˌnɒk/

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hill or mountain standing isolated above a predominantly flat plain.

Example Sentences

"Eastward from the White Mountains, the open sea of the upland country comes right to the monadnock shore, with hardly an outlying island; southward the upland is covered for miles by an archipelago of monadnock groups and peaks."

Etymology

From the name of Mount Monadnock in New England, which derives from an Abenaki word, perhaps menonadenak, menonadenek (“smooth mountain”) or menadenak, menadenek (“isolated mountain”), from aden (“mountain”).

Inflected Forms

monadnocks (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

nunatak

Synonyms

inselberg

Questions

How do you pronounce monadnock?: The recorded pronunciation is /məˈnædˌnɒk/.
What does monadnock mean?: A hill or mountain standing isolated above a predominantly flat plain.
Where does monadnock come from?: From the name of Mount Monadnock in New England, which derives from an Abenaki word, perhaps menonadenak, menonadenek (“smooth mountain”) or menadenak, menadenek (“isolated mountain”), from aden (“mountain”).

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