Montana

Proper noun

Montana (countable and uncountable, plural Montanas)

1. A town and province in northwestern Bulgaria.
2. A former municipality of Valais canton, Switzerland.
3. A locality in northern Tasmania, Australia.
4. A state in the Mountain West region of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Helena. Largest city: Billings.
   • Mr. WADE. I move to take up House bill No. 15 to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Montana.1864 April 1 [1864 March 30], Benjamin Wade, quotee, “TERRITORY OF MONTANA.”, in Congressional Globe, number 85, John C. Rives, page 1345, column 3
   • While I've gazed at the sky from my sleeping bag on isolated mountaintops in Montana and southern beaches of Mexico and seen a jazillion stars basking in the peace of the evening, only in Rishikesh do the jazillion merge upon another bajillion jazillion and seem to lay overhead thick as glittering...2016, Claire Krulikowski, Moonlight on the Ganga
5. A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
6. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Arkansas.
7. An unincorporated community in Labette County, Kansas.
8. An unincorporated community in Warren County, New Jersey.
9. An unincorporated community in Marion County, West Virginia.
10. A barangay of Baclayon, Bohol, Philippines.
11. A unisex given name transferred from the place name, specifically from the name of the U.S. state.
    • 'Montana?' I said. 'You can't call a kid Montana'―these friends of mine were going to call their new baby girl Montana and I tried to talk them out of it, because I'm sick of Australians naming their kids after American placenames, I'm sick of all these Montanas and Delawares and Indianas and...2002, Danny Katz, Dork Geek Jew, Allen & Unwin, published 2002, →ISBN, page 12
12. A surname from Spanish, equivalent to English Mountain, Mount, or Hill.
    • Legendary NFL quarterback Joe Montana and his wife confronted a woman suspected of trying to kidnap their grandchild Saturday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.2020 September 27, Stella Chan, Paul Vercammen, Artemis Moshtaghian and Amir Vera, “NFL legend Joe Montana tussles with woman who attempted to kidnap his grandchild, police say”, in CNN