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Wasatch

Wasatch proper noun: a mountain range that forms the western edge of the Rocky Mountains.

Proper noun

Wasatch

  1. A mountain range that forms the western edge of the Rocky Mountains.
    • Four years ago, the snowboarder Travis Rice was riding in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains when he accidentally invented the double cork, one of the more progressive and talked-about tricks in snowboarding recently.2008 January 25, Matt Higgins, “At X Games, One-Upmanship Is a Trend in High Places”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022

Origin of Wasatch

Uncertain. Reportedly derived from Ute or other Numic language, but there is disagreement about the etymon.

Words formed from Wasatch

Questions about Wasatch

What does Wasatch mean?
Wasatch means a mountain range that forms the western edge of the Rocky Mountains.
What part of speech is Wasatch?
Wasatch is a proper noun.

Words near Wasatch in the dictionary

  1. wasabi
  2. wasabis
  3. Wasandawi
  4. WASAPI
  5. Wasat
  6. Wasatch
  7. Wasatch County
  8. Wasatchian
  9. wasband
  10. wasbands
  11. wasbian

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