Montana

See also: montana and montaña

English

Map of US highlighting Montana

Etymology

From Spanish montaña (mountain)

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /mɒnˈtænə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Proper noun

Montana

  1. A state of the United States of America. Capital: Helena.
  2. A town and province in northwestern Bulgaria.
  3. A female or male given name transferred from the name of the U.S. state.
    • 2002 Danny Katz, Dork Geek Jew, Allen & Unwin (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. []

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Place names in Montana

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Montana.

Proper noun

Montana (genitive Montanas)

  1. Montana

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔnˈta.na/

Proper noun

Montana f

  1. Montana

Declension


Portuguese

Proper noun

Montana f

  1. Montana (a state of the United States)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /monˈtana/, [mõn̪ˈt̪ana]

Proper noun

Montana f

  1. Montana
  • montahanés

See also

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