Montana

See also: montana, montaña, and Montaña

English

Map of US highlighting Montana

Etymology

From Latin montāna

• the US state via Spanish montaña (“mountain”)
• the surname from Spanish Montaña topographic surname

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /mɑnˈtænə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Proper noun

Montana (countable and uncountable, plural Montanas)

1. A placename.
   1. A town and province in northwestern Bulgaria.
   2. A former municipality of Valais canton, Switzerland.
   3. A locality in northern Tasmania, Australia.
   4. A place in the United States.
      2. A state in the Mountain West region of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Helena. Largest city: Billings.
         • 1864 April 1 [1864 March 30], Benjamin Wade, quotee, “TERRITORY OF MONTANA.”, in Congressional Globe, number 85, John C. Rives, page 1345, column 3:

           Mr. WADE. I move to take up House bill No. 15 to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Montana.

         • 2016, Claire Krulikowski, Moonlight on the Ganga:

           While I've gazed at the sky from my sleeping bag on isolated mountaintops in Montana and southern beaches of Mexico and seen a jazillion stars basking in the peace of the evening, only in Rishikesh do the jazillion merge upon another bajillion jazillion and seem to lay overhead thick as glittering ceiling tiles.

         • 2025 July 16, Daniel Dale, “Fact check: Trump tells fictional story about his uncle and the Unabomber”, in CNN‎^[1]:

           First, the president’s uncle died in 1985. Kaczynski was publicly revealed as the Unabomber more than a decade later, in 1996, when he was captured; before that, he had lived as a recluse in the Montana wilderness.

      3. A place in the United States, named after Montana Territory:
         1. A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
         2. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Arkansas.
         3. An unincorporated community in Labette County, Kansas.
         4. An unincorporated community in Warren County, New Jersey.
         5. An unincorporated community in Marion County, West Virginia.
   5. A barangay of Baclayon, Bohol, Philippines.
2. A unisex given name transferred from the place name, specifically from the name of the U.S. state.
   • 2002, Danny Katz, Dork Geek Jew, Allen & Unwin, published 2002, →ISBN, page 12:

     'Montana?' I said. 'You can't call a kid Montana'―these friends of mine were going to call their new baby girl Montana and I tried to talk them out of it, because I'm sick of Australians naming their kids after American placenames, I'm sick of all these Montanas and Delawares and Indianas and Dallases. […]

3. A surname from Spanish, equivalent to English Mountain, Mount, or Hill.
   • 2020 September 27, Stella Chan, Paul Vercammen, Artemis Moshtaghian and Amir Vera, “NFL legend Joe Montana tussles with woman who attempted to kidnap his grandchild, police say”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     Legendary NFL quarterback Joe Montana and his wife confronted a woman suspected of trying to kidnap their grandchild Saturday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Derived terms

• Montanan
• Montanian
• MT, MT., Mt, Mt.

Translations

US state

• Arabic: مُونْتَانَا f (muntānā)
• Armenian: Մոնտանա (Montana)
• Bulgarian: Монта́на f (Montána)
• Catalan: Montana f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒙大拿州 (zh) (Méngdàná-zhōu)

• Czech: Montana (cs) f
• Danish: Montana
• Dutch: Montana (nl) n
• Esperanto: Montano
• Finnish: Montana (fi)
• French: Montana (fr) m
• Galician: Montana (gl) f
• Georgian: მონტანა (monṭana)
• German: Montana (de)
• Greek: Μοντάνα (el) (Montána)
• Hindi: मोन्टाना m (monṭānā), मोंटाना (mõṭānā)
• Italian: Montana (it) m
• Japanese: モンタナ州 (Montana-shū)
• Khmer: ម៉ុនតាណា (montaanaa)
• Korean: 몬태나 (Montaena)
• Lao: ມອນທານາ (mǭn thā nā)
• Latin: Montana f
• Latvian: Montāna
• Lithuanian: Montana
• Macedonian: Монта́на f (Montána)
• Navajo: Máánteenah hahoodzo
• Occitan: Montana (oc) f
• Polish: Montana (pl) f
• Portuguese: Montana (pt) f
• Russian: Монта́на (ru) f (Montána)
• Silesian: Můntana
• Spanish: Montana (es) f
• Thai: มอนแทนา (mɔn-tɛɛ-nâa)
• Turkish: Montana
• Ukrainian: Монта́на f (Montána)
• Uyghur: مونتانا (montana)
• West Frisian: Montana n
• Yiddish: מאָנטאַנאַ (montana)

See also

• Montanha

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Montana

1. Montana (a state in the Mountain West region of the United States, formerly a territory)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Montana.

Proper noun

Montana (genitive Montanas)

1. Montana (a state in the Mountain West region of the United States, formerly a territory)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Montana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmontɑnɑ/, [ˈmo̞n̪t̪ɑ̝nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ontɑnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Mon‧ta‧na
• Hyphenation^(key): Mon‧ta‧na

Proper noun

Montana

1. Montana (a state in the Mountain West region of the United States, formerly a territory)

Declension

Inflection of Montana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Montana	—
genitive		Montanan	—
partitive		Montanaa	—
illative		Montanaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Montana	—
accusative	nom.	Montana	—
	gen.	Montanan
genitive		Montanan	—
partitive		Montanaa	—
inessive		Montanassa	—
elative		Montanasta	—
illative		Montanaan	—
adessive		Montanalla	—
ablative		Montanalta	—
allative		Montanalle	—
essive		Montanana	—
translative		Montanaksi	—
abessive		Montanatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Montana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Montanani — accusative nom. Montanani — gen. Montanani genitive Montanani — partitive Montanaani — inessive Montanassani — elative Montanastani — illative Montanaani — adessive Montanallani — ablative Montanaltani — allative Montanalleni — essive Montananani — translative Montanakseni — abessive Montanattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Montanasi — accusative nom. Montanasi — gen. Montanasi genitive Montanasi — partitive Montanaasi — inessive Montanassasi — elative Montanastasi — illative Montanaasi — adessive Montanallasi — ablative Montanaltasi — allative Montanallesi — essive Montananasi — translative Montanaksesi — abessive Montanattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Montanamme — accusative nom. Montanamme — gen. Montanamme genitive Montanamme — partitive Montanaamme — inessive Montanassamme — elative Montanastamme — illative Montanaamme — adessive Montanallamme — ablative Montanaltamme — allative Montanallemme — essive Montananamme — translative Montanaksemme — abessive Montanattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Montananne — accusative nom. Montananne — gen. Montananne genitive Montananne — partitive Montanaanne — inessive Montanassanne — elative Montanastanne — illative Montanaanne — adessive Montanallanne — ablative Montanaltanne — allative Montanallenne — essive Montanananne — translative Montanaksenne — abessive Montanattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Montanansa — accusative nom. Montanansa — gen. Montanansa genitive Montanansa — partitive Montanaansa — inessive Montanassaan Montanassansa — elative Montanastaan Montanastansa — illative Montanaansa — adessive Montanallaan Montanallansa — ablative Montanaltaan Montanaltansa — allative Montanalleen Montanallensa — essive Montananaan Montananansa — translative Montanakseen Montanaksensa — abessive Montanattaan Montanattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Montana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monˈta.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: Mon‧tà‧na

Proper noun

Montana m

1. Montana (a state in the Mountain West region of the United States, formerly a territory)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɔnˈtaː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [monˈtaː.na]

Proper noun

Montāna f sg (genitive Montānae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Montana (a state in the Mountain West region of the United States, formerly a territory)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Montāna
genitive	Montānae
dative	Montānae
accusative	Montānam
ablative	Montānā
vocative	Montāna
locative	Montānae

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Montana, from Spanish montaña (“mountain”), from Old Spanish montanna, from Medieval Latin montāna, from the feminine of Latin montānus, from mōns (“mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔnˈta.na/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: Mon‧ta‧na

Proper noun

Montana f

1. Montana (a state in the Mountain West region of the United States, formerly a territory)

Declension

Declension of Montana

	singular
nominative	Montana
genitive	Montany
dative	Montanie
accusative	Montanę
instrumental	Montaną
locative	Montanie
vocative	Montano

Derived terms

adjective

• montański

nouns

• Montanka
• Montańczyk

Further reading

• Montana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõˈtɐ̃.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõˈtɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõˈtɐ.na/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mõˈtɐ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mõˈtɐ.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mõˈta.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: Mon‧ta‧na

Proper noun

Montana m

1. Montana (a state in the Mountain West region of the United States, formerly a territory)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔntana]

Proper noun

Montana f (genitive singular Montany, declension pattern of žena)

1. Montana (a state in the Mountain West region of the United States, formerly a territory)

References

• “Montana”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monˈtana/ [mõn̪ˈt̪a.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: Mon‧ta‧na

Proper noun

Montana f

1. Montana (a state in the Mountain West region of the United States, formerly a territory)

Derived terms

• montanés

See also

• Montana on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Montana.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /monˈtana/ [mon̪ˈt̪aː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: Mon‧ta‧na

Proper noun

Montana (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜈ)

1. Montana (a state in the Mountain West region of the United States, formerly a territory)