Montana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɑnˈtænə/
rhymes: -ɑːnə
Forms: form: Montanas
Etymology: From Latin montāna
* the US state via Spanish montaña (“mountain”)
* the surname from Spanish Montaña topographic surname
Senses: glosses: A placename.
A town and province in northwestern Bulgaria.
glosses: A placename.
A former municipality of Valais canton, Switzerland.
glosses: A placename.
A locality in northern Tasmania, Australia.
examples: text: Mr. WADE. I move to take up House bill No. 15 to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Montana.
ref: 1864 April 1 [1864 March 30], Benjamin Wade, quotee, “TERRITORY OF MONTANA.”, in Congressional Globe, number 85, John C. Rives, page 1345, column 3:
text: 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.
ref: 2016, Claire Krulikowski, Moonlight on the Ganga:
text: 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.
ref: 2025 July 16, Daniel Dale, “Fact check: Trump tells fictional story about his uncle and the Unabomber”, in CNN:
glosses: A placename.
A place in the United States.
A state in the Mountain West region of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Helena. Largest city: Billings.
glosses: A placename.
A place in the United States.
A place in the United States, named after Montana Territory:
A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A placename.
A place in the United States.
A place in the United States, named after Montana Territory:
An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Arkansas.
glosses: A placename.
A place in the United States.
A place in the United States, named after Montana Territory:
An unincorporated community in Labette County, Kansas.
glosses: A placename.
A place in the United States.
A place in the United States, named after Montana Territory:
An unincorporated community in Warren County, New Jersey.
glosses: A placename.
A place in the United States.
A place in the United States, named after Montana Territory:
An unincorporated community in Marion County, West Virginia.
glosses: A placename.
A barangay of Baclayon, Bohol, Philippines.
examples: text: '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. […]
ref: 2002, Danny Katz, Dork Geek Jew, Allen & Unwin, published 2002, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the place name, specifically from the name of the U.S. state.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 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:
glosses: A surname from Spanish, equivalent to English Mountain, Mount, or Hill.
Derived terms: Montanan
Montanian
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Related terms: Montanha