Montana
[mon-tan-uh]
- Joseph, Jr.Joe, born 1956, U.S. football player.
- a state in the NW United States. 147,138 sq. mi. (381,085 sq. km). Capital: Helena. Abbreviation: MT (for use with zip code), Mont.
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Examples from the Web for montana
Contemporary Examples
And Montana and South Dakota are basically red, of course, but are both elect Democrats sometimes.
Catherine Lemay is impressed by neither the myth nor the reality when she arrives in Montana in the summer of 1956.
The Golden West Up for Grabs: ‘Painted Horses’ Is the Next Great Western NovelWendy Smith
November 28, 2014
Three of those Democratic incumbents represent Indiana, Montana, and North Dakota.
But only recently did this dispute spread to the lily-white slopes of a Montana ski resort.
Only Oregon, New Mexico, Vermont, Montana and Washington have such protections in place.
Historical Examples
Mrs. Wybert, you was in Montana long enough to know how I stand there?
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
And Peabody he writes to his lawyer friend in Butte, Montana.
Cy Whittaker's PlaceJoseph C. Lincoln
Montana women were awarded seven medals at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893.
On the records he was now Al Duggan, a second cousin from Montana.
Second SightBasil Eugene Wells
Her feet were partly frozen, but in a few weeks she went on to Montana.
Three Years on the PlainsEdmund B. Tuttle
Montana1
- 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)Abbreviation: Mont, (with zip code) MT
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Montana2
- Joe. born 1958, American football quarterback
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Word Origin and History for montana
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.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Montana
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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