Definition of Rocky Mountains

1. Noun. The chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide.


Definition of Rocky Mountains

1. Proper noun. A range of mountains running from Northern New Mexico to Alaska. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rocky Mountains

Rocky
Rocky-mountain maple
Rocky Marciano
Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain bee plant
Rocky Mountain bighorn
Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine
Rocky Mountain dogbane
Rocky Mountain fever
Rocky Mountain goat
Rocky Mountain jay
Rocky Mountain sheep
Rocky Mountain spotted fever vaccine
Rocky Mountain whitefish
Rocky Mountains (current term)
Rocky Mountains cherry
Rocky mountain pinon
Rocroi
Rod Laver
Rodders
Roderick
Rodger
Rodgers
Rodgerson
Rodhos
Rodin
Rodina
Rodinia

Literary usage of Rocky Mountains

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

1. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1907)
"Joel Palmer, Journal of Travels over the Rocky Mountains (Cincinnati, 1847). ... View of the chasm through which the Platte issues from the Rocky Mountains. ..."

2. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"... at the Base of the Rocky Mountains — The Platte within the Mountains — Granitic Mountains Between the Platte and Arkansa — Castle Rock — Birds — Plants. ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"ANIMAL LIFE IN THE Rocky Mountains OF COLORADO. BY PROF. W. 11. BREWER. ... (Mt. Harvard, the highest point of the Rocky Mountains, 14270 feet, was ascended ..."

4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1903)
"FURTHER EXPLORATION IN THE CANADIAN Rocky Mountains.» By J. NORMAN COLLIE, PRS THE exploration of the main range of the Canadian Rocky mountains lying ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"... 1896. base of the Cretaceous system in the Rocky Mountain region, at least in the Trans-Pecos, Texas and Mexican portions of the Rocky Mountains. ..."

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