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TREASURE STATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border
Synonyms:
Mont.; Montana; MT; Treasure State
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "Treasure State"):
Yellowstone National Park (the first national park in the United States; located in the border area between Wyoming and Montana and Idaho; spectacular wilderness; famous for Old Faithful geyser and for buffalo and bears)
Bozeman (a town in southwestern Montana; gateway to Yellowstone National Park)
Billings (the largest city in Montana; located in southern Montana on the Yellowstone river)
Butte (a town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper)
Great Falls (a town in central Montana on the Missouri river; a center of extensive hydroelectric power)
capital of Montana; Helena (capital of the state of Montana; located in western Montana)
Missoula (a university town in western Montana)
Bighorn; Bighorn River (a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana)
Little Bighorn; Little Bighorn River; Little Horn (a river that flows from northern Wyoming into the Bighorn River in southern Montana; site of Custer's Last Stand)
Little Missouri; Little Missouri River (a river that rises in northeastern Wyoming and flows through Montana and South Dakota to join the Missouri River in North Dakota)
Milk; Milk River (a river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River)
Sun River (a river in western Montana that flows south and east to join the Missouri River)
Yellowstone; Yellowstone River (a tributary of the Missouri River that flows through the Yellowstone National Park)
Domain member region:
Battle of Little Bighorn; Battle of the Little Bighorn; Custer's Last Stand; Little Bighorn (a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command)
Holonyms ("Treasure State" is a part of...):
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
