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MONT.

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mont. mean? 

MONT. (noun)
  The noun MONT. has 1 sense:

1. a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian borderplay

  Familiarity information: MONT. used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MONT. (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Mont.; Montana; MT; Treasure State

Instance hypernyms:

American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)

Meronyms (parts of "Mont."):

Yellowstone National Park (the first national park in the United States; located in the border area between Wyoming and Montana and Idaho; spectacular wilderness; famous for Old Faithful geyser and for buffalo and bears)

Bozeman (a town in southwestern Montana; gateway to Yellowstone National Park)

Billings (the largest city in Montana; located in southern Montana on the Yellowstone river)

Butte (a town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper)

Great Falls (a town in central Montana on the Missouri river; a center of extensive hydroelectric power)

capital of Montana; Helena (capital of the state of Montana; located in western Montana)

Missoula (a university town in western Montana)

Bighorn; Bighorn River (a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana)

Little Bighorn; Little Bighorn River; Little Horn (a river that flows from northern Wyoming into the Bighorn River in southern Montana; site of Custer's Last Stand)

Little Missouri; Little Missouri River (a river that rises in northeastern Wyoming and flows through Montana and South Dakota to join the Missouri River in North Dakota)

Milk; Milk River (a river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River)

Sun River (a river in western Montana that flows south and east to join the Missouri River)

Yellowstone; Yellowstone River (a tributary of the Missouri River that flows through the Yellowstone National Park)

Domain member region:

Battle of Little Bighorn; Battle of the Little Bighorn; Custer's Last Stand; Little Bighorn (a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command)

Holonyms ("Mont." is a part of...):

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)


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