MONTANA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Montana mean?
• MONTANA (noun)
The noun MONTANA has 1 sense:
1. a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border
Familiarity information: MONTANA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MONTANA (noun)
Meaning:
A state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Montana; Treasure State; MT
Instance hypernyms:
American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "Montana"):
Yellowstone; Yellowstone River (a tributary of the Missouri River that flows through the Yellowstone National Park)
Sun River (a river in western Montana that flows south and east to join the Missouri River)
Milk; Milk River (a river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River)
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)
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)
Bighorn; Bighorn River (a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana)
Missoula (a university town in western Montana)
capital of Montana; Helena (capital of the state of Montana; located in western Montana)
Great Falls (a town in central Montana on the Missouri river; a center of extensive hydroelectric power)
Butte (a town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper)
Billings (the largest city in Montana; located in southern Montana on the Yellowstone river)
Bozeman (a town in southwestern Montana; gateway to Yellowstone National Park)
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)
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 ("Montana" 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)
