Rocky Mountains

Meaning

Proper Noun

A range of mountains running from Northern New Mexico to Alaska.

Origin

first recorded in 1752 by Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre, believed to itself be a calque from an indigenous language, possibly a , a compound which includes ᐊᓯᓂᕀ + ᐘᒋᕀ.

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