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Shiprock

Shiprock proper noun: a monadnock rising nearly 1,583 feet (482.5 m) above the high-desert plain of the Navajo Nation in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States.

Proper noun

Shiprock

  1. A monadnock rising nearly 1,583 feet (482.5 m) above the high-desert plain of the Navajo Nation in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States.
    • Shiprock is the remnants of a volcano that erupted more than 30 million years ago.2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN

Forms of Shiprock

alternative formShip Rock

Origin of Shiprock

From ship + rock, from the peak's resemblance to a 19th-century clipper ship.

Questions about Shiprock

What does Shiprock mean?
Shiprock means a monadnock rising nearly 1,583 feet (482.5 m) above the high-desert plain of the Navajo Nation in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States.
What part of speech is Shiprock?
Shiprock is a proper noun.

Words near Shiprock in the dictionary

  1. shippons
  2. shipps
  3. Shippses
  4. shippy
  5. Shippys
  6. Shiprock
  7. shiproom
  8. ships
  9. ships a sea
  10. ships in a bottle
  11. ships in bottles

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