Montana

[mon-tan-uh]

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.

Montana

¹

/ 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)

Montana

²

/ mɒnˈtænə /

noun

1. Joe. born 1958, American football quarterback

Montana

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.

Other Word Forms

• Montanan adjective

Example Sentences

For years, Henry ate at the same cafe on Santa Monica’s Montana Avenue.

From Los Angeles Times

One of the tout accounts used the name Tony Montana - the lead character in '80s gangster film Scarface - to try and bulk purchase tickets.

From BBC

Thanks to recovery and conservation efforts in recent decades, the population has increased to nearly 2,000, mostly in Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, according to the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

Staff and some 75 cats and dogs were evacuated from the Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter in Billings, Montana, when the building filled with smoke.

From BBC

The plan involved certain citizens taking 10% of the United States – the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana – and excluding all nonwhite people from living there.

From Salon