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mountainous

[moun-tn-uhs]

adjective

  1. abounding in mountains.

    a mountainous wilderness.

  2. of the nature of a mountain.

  3. resembling a mountain or mountains, as being very large and high.

    mountainous waves.



mountainous

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adjective

  1. of or relating to mountains

    a mountainous region

  2. like a mountain, esp in size or impressiveness

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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • mountainously adverb
  • mountainousness noun
  • nonmountainous adjective
  • nonmountainously adverb
  • semimountainous adjective
  • semimountainously adverb
  • unmountainous adjective
  • ˈ³¾“dzܲԳٲ¹¾±²Ō“dzܲõ±ō²ā adverb
  • ˈ³¾“dzܲԳٲ¹¾±²Ō“dzܲõ²Ō±š²õ²õ noun
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of mountainous1

First recorded in 1400–50, mountainous is from the late Middle English word mounteynous. See mountain, -ous
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His arrest comes one day after an elite Border Patrol unit was sent in to search the mountainous terrain known for its extensive cave system.

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Built on mountainous terrain and crisscrossed by rivers, it is connected by vast elevated roads.

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ā€œIt’s burning in a grass and brush area that starts going into rolling hills and very mountainous terrain,ā€ Cal Fire Capt. Thomas Shoots told the San Diego Union Tribune.

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The UK's remaining population was then largely confined to the Scottish Highlands and Islands, particularly in remote, mountainous regions.

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The accident happened in a mountainous area in the region of León.

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