SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS

Pronunciation (US):

• SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS (noun)
  The noun SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS has 1 sense:

1. a mountain range in southwestern Colorado that is part of the Rocky Mountains

  Familiarity information: SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS used as a noun is very rare.

• SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS (noun)

Meaning:

A mountain range in southwestern Colorado that is part of the Rocky Mountains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)

Meronyms (parts of "San Juan Mountains"):

Handies Peak (a mountain peak in the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado (14,048 feet high))

Uncompahgre Peak (the highest peak in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado (14,309 feet high))

Mount Wilson; Wilson (a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high))

Holonyms ("San Juan Mountains" is a part of...):

Centennial State; CO; Colorado (a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains)

Rockies; Rocky Mountains (the chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide)