Rocky Mountains

专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A range of mountains running from Northern New Mexico to Alaska. plural-normally

词形变化

the Rocky Mountains canonical,plural Rocky Mountain singular

词源

Calque of French Montagnes de Roche first recorded in 1752 by Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre, believed to itself be a calque from an indigenous language, possibly a calque of Plains Cree asinîwaciy, a compound which includes asiniy (“rock”) + waciy (“mountain”).
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