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Definition of Rockies
1. Noun. The chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide.
Terms within: Mount Elbert, Pike's Peak, San Juan Mountains, Selkirk Mountains, Wheeler Peak
Group relationships: North America
Generic synonyms: Chain, Chain Of Mountains, Mountain Chain, Mountain Range, Range, Range Of Mountains
Definition of Rockies
1. Proper noun. The Rocky Mountains, a mountain range in North America. ¹
2. Noun. (plural of Rocky) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rockies
Literary usage of Rockies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
"Ill SOUTHERN rockies IN contrast to the irregularly arranged mountains of the
Central rockies with variable trend, numerous offsets, and plain and plateau ..."
2. Lewis and Clark Road Trips: Exploring the Trail Across America by Kira Gale (2006)
"YELLOWSTONE NAT'L PARK 152-153 78 D Museum of the rockies, Bozeman 79 D Gallatin
Pioneer Museum and Historical Society, Bozeman 80 n Yellowstone Gateway ..."
3. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1902)
"But Joe's story leads me to believe that an account of an adventure which Dave
Butler and I had last fall, while hunting grizzlies in the rockies, ..."
4. Natural Resources of the United States by Jacob Harris Patton (1899)
"The Andes and the rockies.—While the Andes have not a break, and loom up bluff
quite close alongside the Pacific, from Panama to Patagonia, the rockies on ..."
5. My Reminiscences by Raphael Pumpelly (1918)
"CHAPTER XLVI IN THE NORTHERN rockies THE most interesting of all my ... We would
then together explore the northern rockies, starting this time from the ..."
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