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Gold Mountain

Gold Mountain proper noun: a census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States.

Proper noun

Gold Mountain

  1. A census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States.
  2. A nickname for California, and more broadly the western regions of North America, historically used by Chinese prospectors during the California Gold Rush.

Origin of Gold Mountain

Calque of Chinese 金山 (jīnshān).

Questions about Gold Mountain

What does Gold Mountain mean?
Gold Mountain means a census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States.
What part of speech is Gold Mountain?
Gold Mountain is a proper noun.

Words near Gold Mountain in the dictionary

  1. gold mining
  2. gold mohur
  3. gold mohurs
  4. gold moth
  5. gold moths
  6. Gold Mountain
  7. gold name
  8. gold names
  9. gold note
  10. gold notes
  11. gold nugget pleco

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