Definition of Black hills

1. Noun. Mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming; sacred to the Sioux (whites settling in the Black Hills led to the Battle of Little Bighorn); site of Mount Rushmore.


2. Noun. Mountains in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Hills

Black Buddhist
Black Buddhists
Black Cat
Black Country
Black Death
Black English
Black English Vernacular
Black Forest
Black Forest gâteau
Black Forest gâteaus
Black Forest gâteaux
Black Friday
Black Fridays
Black Hand
Black Hawk
Black Hills
Black Hole of Calcutta
Black Isle
Black Jack Pershing
Black Law
Black Laws
Black Legend
Black Maria
Black Marias
Black Monk
Black Muslim
Black Muslims
Black Panther
Black Panthers
Black Plague

Literary usage of Black hills

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by Mysore Geologists' Association (1918)
"THE TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE black hills Historical. The presence of tungsten minerals in the pegmatites and quartz veins in the southern black hills and in ..."

2. Bulletin by Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology (1908)
"The centre of the black hills dome, in South Dakota, is composed of granite and ... The earlier idea of black hills geology was that uplift was due to ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"After several years of detailed investigation of the stratigraphy of the Black Hills in South Dakota and Wyoming, a preliminary examination has recently ..."

4. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1906)
"In the spring of 1891, the Museum sent Dr. EO Hovey into the black hills of Dakota ... Among the Crinoidal remains brought with the black hills fossils are ..."

5. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1889)
"It consists of three parts: (1) Notes on the geology of the black hills, by Prof. Carpenter; (2) Notes on gold mining in the black hills, by HO Hofman, ..."

6. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1904)
"REVIEWS The Economic Resources of the Northern black hills. By JD IRVING. With Contributions by SF EMMONS and TA JAGGAR, JR. (Professional Paper No. ..."

7. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1901)
"BIRDS OF THE black hills. BY M ERR ITT CARY. ... my desire to take a trip to the western part of the black hills—especially to that portion which is bounded ..."

8. Bulletin by Mysore Geologists' Association (1918)
"THE TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE black hills Historical. The presence of tungsten minerals in the pegmatites and quartz veins in the southern black hills and in ..."

9. Bulletin by Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology (1908)
"The centre of the black hills dome, in South Dakota, is composed of granite and ... The earlier idea of black hills geology was that uplift was due to ..."

10. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"After several years of detailed investigation of the stratigraphy of the Black Hills in South Dakota and Wyoming, a preliminary examination has recently ..."

11. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1906)
"In the spring of 1891, the Museum sent Dr. EO Hovey into the black hills of Dakota ... Among the Crinoidal remains brought with the black hills fossils are ..."

12. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1889)
"It consists of three parts: (1) Notes on the geology of the black hills, by Prof. Carpenter; (2) Notes on gold mining in the black hills, by HO Hofman, ..."

13. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1904)
"REVIEWS The Economic Resources of the Northern black hills. By JD IRVING. With Contributions by SF EMMONS and TA JAGGAR, JR. (Professional Paper No. ..."

14. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1901)
"BIRDS OF THE black hills. BY M ERR ITT CARY. ... my desire to take a trip to the western part of the black hills—especially to that portion which is bounded ..."

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