Montana

[mon-tan-uh]

noun

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.

Related formsMon·tan·an, adjective, noun

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Examples from the Web for montana

Contemporary Examples of montana

And Montana and South Dakota are basically red, of course, but are both elect Democrats sometimes.
Dems, It’s Time to Dump Dixie
Michael Tomasky
December 8, 2014
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 Novel
Wendy Smith
November 28, 2014
Three of those Democratic incumbents represent Indiana, Montana, and North Dakota.
The Dems’ Midterm Performance Anxiety
Michael Tomasky
October 31, 2014
But only recently did this dispute spread to the lily-white slopes of a Montana ski resort.
A Racist’s Crazy Ski Resort Smackdown
James Kirchick
October 18, 2014
Only Oregon, New Mexico, Vermont, Montana and Washington have such protections in place.
On Her Own Terms: Why Brittany Maynard Has Chosen to Die
Gene Robinson
October 12, 2014

Historical Examples of montana

Mrs. Wybert, you was in Montana long enough to know how I stand there?
The Spenders
Harry Leon Wilson
And Peabody he writes to his lawyer friend in Butte, Montana.
Cy Whittaker's Place
Joseph C. Lincoln
Montana women were awarded seven medals at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893.
The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV
Various
On the records he was now Al Duggan, a second cousin from Montana.
Second Sight
Basil Eugene Wells
Her feet were partly frozen, but in a few weeks she went on to Montana.
Three Years on the Plains
Edmund B. Tuttle

British Dictionary definitions for montana

Montana

noun

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

Montana

noun

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.

montana in Culture

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.