Montana

American  

[mon-tan-uh] / mɒnˈtæn ə /

noun

1. Joseph, Jr. Joe, born 1956, U.S. football player.

2. a state in the northwestern United States. 147,138 sq. mi. (381,085 sq. km). Helena. MT (for use with zip code), Mont.

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Montana ¹ British  

/ mɒnˈtænə /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Mont.   MT.  a state of the western US: consists of the Great Plains in the east and the Rocky Mountains in the west. Capital: Helena. Pop: 917 621 (2003 est). Area: 377 070 sq km (145 587 sq miles)

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Montana ² British  

/ mɒnˈtænə /

noun

1. Joe. born 1958, American football quarterback

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Montana Cultural  

1. State in the northwestern United States, lying partly in the Rocky Mountains, bordered by British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, Canada, to the north; North Dakota and South Dakota to the east; Wyoming to the south; and Idaho to the west. Its capital is Helena, and its largest city is Billings.

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Other Word Forms

• Montanan
  adjective

Example Sentences

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Montana

Yet another heat wave scorched the Western United States Saturday, bringing extreme heat warnings to Southern California and record temperatures in the Southwest and Montana.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

Clarkson later took ownership of two Montana properties that they had shared during their marriage, both of which she still owns.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Previously, Rachel worked as a freelance journalist based in Montana and video correspondent in Peru for Agence France-Presse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

Grandmother Sara Folger sits in the kitchen of her single-wide trailer, the Rocky Mountains looming in the distance, and remembers the Bozeman, Montana she fell in love with decades ago.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

He was home from the University of Montana for the summer, all tan and oiled up and smelling like vanilla extract and onion.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth