Rocky Mountains

English

Map of the Rocky Mountains

Moraine Lake and the Valley of the Ten Peaks

Etymology

Calque of French Montagnes de Roche first recorded in 1752 by Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre, believed to itself be a calque from an indigenous language, possibly a calque of Plains Cree ᐊᓯᓃᐘᒋᕀ (asinîwaciy), a compound which includes ᐊᓯᓂᕀ (asiniy, “rock”) + ᐘᒋᕀ (waciy, “mountain”).

Proper noun

the Rocky Mountains pl (normally plural, singular Rocky Mountain)

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

   Synonym: Rockies

   Meronym: Sangre de Cristo Mountains

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Rockies
• Rocky Mountain beeplant (Cleomella serrulata)
• Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis)
• Rocky Mountain blazing star (Liatris ligulistylis)
• Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine (Pinus aristata)
• Rocky Mountain canary
• Rocky Mountain clearwing (Hemaris thetis)
• Rocky Mountain dotted blue (Euphilotes ancilla)
• Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii subsp. glauca)
• Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni)
• Rocky Mountain fever
• Rocky Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus)
• Rocky Mountain goldenrod (Solidago multiradiata)
• Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum)
• Rocky Mountain locust (Melanoplus spretus)
• Rocky Mountain mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus)
• Rocky Mountain oyster
• Rocky Mountain parnassian (Parnassius smintheus)
• Rocky Mountain penstemon (Penstemon strictus)
• Rocky Mountain pussytoes (Antennaria media)
• Rocky Mountain raspberry (Rubus deliciosus)
• Rocky Mountain sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis)
• Rocky Mountain spotted fever
• Rocky Mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni)
• Rocky Mountain zinnia (Zinnia grandiflora)

Translations

mountain range

• Arabic: جِبَال رُوكِي m pl (jibāl rūkī)
• Belarusian: Скалі́стыя го́ры f pl (Skalístyja hóry)
• Catalan: Muntanyes Rocalloses
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洛磯山脈／洛矶山脉 (zh) (Luòjī shānmài), 落基山脈／落基山脉 (zh) (Luòjī shānmài)

• Czech: Skalisté hory f pl
• Danish: Rocky Mountains
• Estonian: Kaljumäestik
• Faroese: Klettafjøll n pl
• Finnish: Kalliovuoret (fi)
• French: montagnes Rocheuses (fr) f pl, Rocheuses (fr) f pl
• German: Rocky Mountains (de) m pl
• Greek: Βραχώδη Όρη n pl (Vrachódi Óri)
• Hungarian: Sziklás-hegység (hu)
• Icelandic: Klettafjöll
• Ido: Rokoza Monti (io)
• Italian: Montagne Rocciose (it) f
• Japanese: ロッキー山脈 (Rokkī-sanmyaku)
• Korean: 로키 산맥 (Roki sanmaek)
• Lithuanian: Uoliniai kalnai
• Macedonian: Карпести Планини f pl (Karpesti Planini)
• Navajo: Tsédeeshzha Dził
• Norman: les Montangnes Rotcheuses f pl
• Norwegian: Rocky Mountains
• Plains Cree: ᐊᓯᓃᐘᒋᕀ (asinîwaciy)
• Polish: Góry Skaliste (pl) f pl
• Portuguese: Montanhas Rochosas f pl
• Russian: Скали́стые го́ры f pl (Skalístyje góry)
• Spanish: Montañas Rocosas f pl
• Swedish: Klippiga bergen n pl
• Turkish: Rocky Dağları
• Ukrainian: Скеля́сті го́ри f pl (Skeljásti hóry)

Norwegian

Proper noun

Rocky Mountains

1. Rocky Mountains

   Vi var i Rocky Mountains denne sommeren. – We were in the Rocky Mountains this summer.