Rocky Mountains

English

Etymology

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 ᐊᓯᓃᐘᒋᕀ (asinîwaciy), a compound which includes ᐊᓯᓂᕀ (asiniy, “rock”) + ᐘᒋᕀ (waciy, “mountain”).

Proper noun

1. (geography) A range of mountains running from Northern New Mexico to Alaska.

   Meronym: Sangre de Cristo Mountains

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Rockies
• Rocky Mountain bighorn ()
• Rocky Mountain dormouse
• Rocky Mountain fever
• Rocky Mountain flying squirrel
• Rocky Mountain goat

• Rocky Mountain locust ()
• Rocky Mountain oyster
• Rocky Mountain rat
• Rocky Mountain sheep ()
• Rocky Mountain whitefish ()

Translations

mountain range

• Arabic: جِبَال رُوكِي m pl (jibāl rūkī)
• Belarusian: Скалі́стыя го́ры f pl (Skalístyja hóry)
• Catalan: Muntanyes Rocalloses
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洛磯山脈／洛矶山脉 (zh) (Luòjī Shānmài), 洛矶山脉 (zh) (Luòjī shānmài), 落基山脈／落基山脉 (zh), 落基山脉 (zh) (Luòjī shānmài)

• Czech: Skalisté hory f pl
• Danish: Rocky Mountains
• Estonian: Kaljumäestik
• Faroese: Klettafjøll n pl
• Finnish: Kalliovuoret (fi)
• French: montagnes Rocheuses (fr) f pl, Rocheuses (fr) f pl
• German: Rocky Mountains (de) m pl
• Greek: Βραχώδη Όρη n pl (Vrachódi Óri)
• Hungarian: Sziklás-hegység
• Icelandic: Klettafjöll
• Ido: Rokoza Monti (io)
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• Italian: Montagne Rocciose (it) f
• Japanese: ロッキー山脈 (Rokkī-sanmyaku)
• Korean: 로키 산맥 (Roki sanmaek)
• Lithuanian: Uoliniai kalnai
• Macedonian: Карпести Планини f pl (Karpesti Planini)
• Navajo: Tsédeeshzha Dził
• Norman: les Montangnes Rotcheuses f pl
• Norwegian: Rocky Mountains
• Plains Cree: ᐊᓯᓃᐘᒋᕀ (asinîwaciy)
• Polish: Góry Skaliste (pl) f pl
• Portuguese: Montanhas Rochosas f pl
• Russian: Скали́стые го́ры f pl (Skalístyje góry)
• Spanish: Montañas Rocosas f pl
• Swedish: Klippiga bergen n pl
• Turkish: Rocky Dağları
• Ukrainian: Скеля́сті го́ри f pl (Skeljásti hóry)

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Rocky Mountains

1. Rocky Mountains

   Vi var i Rocky Mountains denne sommeren. – We were in the Rocky Mountains this summer.