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rocky mountains

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables
rock-y -moun-tains
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A range of mountains running from Northern New Mexico to Alaska.

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 asinîwaciy, a compound which includes asiniy (“rock”) + waciy (“mountain”).

Inflected Forms

the Rocky Mountains (canonical, plural) Rocky Mountain (singular)

Derived Forms

Rockies

Phrases

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Synonyms

Rockies

Questions

What does rocky mountains mean?
A range of mountains running from Northern New Mexico to Alaska.
Where does rocky mountains come from?
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 asinîwaciy, a compound which includes asiniy (“rock”) + waciy (“mountain”).

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