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ROCKY MOUNTAINS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide
Synonyms:
Rockies; Rocky Mountains
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)
Meronyms (parts of "Rocky Mountains"):
Mount Elbert (the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,431 feet high))
Pike's Peak (a mountain peak in the Rockies in central Colorado (14,109 feet high))
San Juan Mountains (a mountain range in southwestern Colorado that is part of the Rocky Mountains)
Selkirk Mountains (a range of the Rocky Mountains in southeastern British Columbia)
Wheeler Peak (a mountain peak in northeastern New Mexico in the Rocky Mountains)
Holonyms ("Rocky Mountains" is a part of...):
North America (a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama)
