Definition of Adirondacks

1. Noun. A mountain range in northeastern New York State; a popular resort area.


Definition of Adirondacks

1. Noun. (plural of Adirondack) ¹

2. Proper noun. A range of mountains in New York State ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adirondacks

Adiaphorite
Adiaphorites
Adidas
Adidases
Adie
Adie's pupil
Adie syndrome
Adige
Adigoppula
Adinida
Adioukrou
Adipiodone
Adirondack
Adirondack Mountains
Adirondack chair
Adirondacks (current term)
Aditi
Aditya
Adivasi
Adivasis
AdjP
Adjara
Adjaran
Adjarans
Adjaria
Adjarian
Adjarians
Adkin
Adkins
Adlai

Literary usage of Adirondacks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Richard Henry Dana: A Biography by Charles Francis Adams (1890)
"THE next year Dana visited the Adirondacks for his vacation outing. ... In the summer of 1849 Mr. Metcalf and I went into the Adirondacks, then but little ..."

2. The Writings of John Burroughs by John Burroughs (1895)
"W Ill THE Adirondacks "HEN" I went to the Adirondacks, which was in the summer of 1863, ... This was about my own experience in the Adirondacks. ..."

3. Elementary Physical Geography by William Morris Davis (1902)
"The Adirondacks resemble the Black mountains of North Carolina in being dissected, ... These peculiarities result from glacial action, which the Adirondacks ..."

4. The Natural, Statistical, and Civil History of the State of New-York by James Macauley (1829)
"Here they lived the humble dependants of the Adirondacks, or Algonkins, and had to accompany them in their hunting expeditions, flay the animals which they ..."

5. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1876)
"THE ADiRONDACKS-t—This is a small duodecimo, furnished with several maps of the different sections of the Adirondack region and with a number of ..."

6. Life, Letters, and Works of Louis Agassiz by Jules Marcou (1895)
"In August, 1858, the "Saturday Club" made a summer expedition to the Adirondacks, under the leadership of the poet — afterward diplomatist — James Russell ..."

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