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Bighorn Mountains

Bighorn Mountains proper noun: a mountain range in northern Wyoming and southern Montana in the United States.

bighorn mountains: a mountain range in northern Wyoming and southern Montana in the United States
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Proper noun

Bighorn Mountains pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A mountain range in northern Wyoming and southern Montana in the United States.
    Synonyms:
    Bighorns

Synonyms of Bighorn Mountains

Origin of Bighorn Mountains

Calque of Crow Iisaxpúatahchee Isawaxaawúua (literally “bighorn sheep's mountains”).

Questions about Bighorn Mountains

What does Bighorn Mountains mean?
Bighorn Mountains means a mountain range in northern Wyoming and southern Montana in the United States.
What part of speech is Bighorn Mountains?
Bighorn Mountains is a proper noun.

Words near Bighorn Mountains in the dictionary

  1. Bigheart
  2. bighearted
  3. bigheartedly
  4. bigheartedness
  5. bighorn
  6. Bighorn Mountains
  7. bighorn sheep
  8. bighorns
  9. bighouse
  10. bighouses
  11. bight

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