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mountainous
" Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent."
H. P. Lovecraft

Meaning of "mountainous" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF MOUNTAINOUS

ˈmaʊntɪnəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOUNTAINOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mountainous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MOUNTAINOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mountain

A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill. Mountains are formed through tectonic forces or volcanism. These forces can locally raise the surface of the earth by over 10,000 feet. Mountains erode slowly through the action of rivers, weather conditions, and glaciers. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in huge mountain ranges. High elevations on mountains produce colder climates than at sea level. These colder climates strongly affect the ecosystem of mountains: different elevations have different plants and animals. Because of the less hospitable terrain and climate, mountains tend to be used less for agriculture and more for resource extraction and recreation, such as mountain climbing. The highest mountain on Earth is Mount Everest in the Himalayas of Asia, whose summit is 8,849.868 m above mean sea level. The highest known mountain on any planet in the Solar System is Olympus Mons on Mars at 21,171 m.

Definition of mountainous in the English dictionary

The definition of mountainous in the dictionary is of or relating to mountains. Other definition of mountainous is like a mountain, esp in size or impressiveness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MOUNTAINOUS

battiness · bittiness · cantiness · chitinous · cretinous · dustiness · emptiness · fattiness · flauntiness · flintiness · fruitiness · gelatinous · glutinous · grittiness · keratinous · mateyness · mutinous · nuttiness · paintiness · tintiness

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOUNTAINOUS

mountain pine · mountain range · mountain rescue · mountain rescue team · mountain sheep · mountain sickness · Mountain Standard Time · Mountain State · Mountain Time · mountain top · mountain viscacha · mountainboard · mountainboarder · mountainboarding · mountaineer · mountaineering · mountainously · mountainousness · mountainside · mountainy

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOUNTAINOUS

aluminous · bituminous · cartilaginous · conterminous · coterminous · heinous · luminous · mucilaginous · mucinous · nous · numinous · oleaginous · ominous · pulchritudinous · resinous · ruinous · spinous · tendinous · vertiginous · villainous · voluminous

Synonyms and antonyms of mountainous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MOUNTAINOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mountainous» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «mountainous» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF MOUNTAINOUS

Find out the translation of mountainous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of mountainous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mountainous» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

多山的
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

montañoso
570 millions of speakers
en

English

mountainous
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

पहाड़ी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جَبَلِيٌّ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

гористый
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

montanhoso
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

পাহাড়ী
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

montagneux
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Gunung
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

gebirgig
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

山の多い
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

산이 많은
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Pegunungan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có núi
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

மலைப்பாங்கான
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

डोंगराळ
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

dağlık
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

montagnoso
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

górzysty
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

скелястий
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

muntos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ορεινός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bergagtige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bergig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fjellendt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mountainous

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOUNTAINOUS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of mountainous
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «mountainous».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mountainous

EXAMPLES

4 QUOTES WITH «MOUNTAINOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mountainous.
1
Andrew Bird
I've always been fascinated and stared at maps for hours as a kid. I've especially been most intrigued by the uninhabited or lonelier places on the planet. Like Greenland, for instance, or just recently flying over Alaska and a chain of icy, mountainous islands, uninhabited.
2
James Hogg
Without the shepherd's dog, the whole of the open mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence.
3
H. P. Lovecraft
Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent.
4
Iqbal Quadir
A military or government hierarchy is anathema to the dispersed population and diverse tribes of mountainous Afghanistan.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOUNTAINOUS»

Discover the use of mountainous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mountainous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Mountainous West: Explorations in Historical Geography
This volume focuses on these green islands of the Mountainous West that have witnessed patterns of settlement and development distinct from their lowland neighbors.
William Wyckoff, Lary M. Dilsaver, 1995
2
So Rugged and Mountainous: Blazing the Trails to Oregon and ...
In this magisterial volume, Will Bagley tells why and how this massive emigration began. While many previous authors have told parts of this story, Bagley has recast it in its entirety for modern readers.
Will Bagley, 2012
3
Sustainable Land Use in Mountainous Regions of Southeast ...
The SFB 564 "Research for Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountainous Regions of Southeast Asia" (also known as "The Uplands Program") is a long-term collaborative research program, cooperating with 9 universities and research ...
Franz J. Heidhüs, Ludger Herrmann, Andreas Neef, 2008
4
Surface Coal Mining: Characteristics of Mining in ...
Surface coal mining in the mountainous areas of Appalachia generates controversy because of its scale and the post-mining appearance of the land.
Robin M. Nazzaro, 2010
5
Child of a Mountainous Land
This is an account of one woman's childhood experiences under the Duvalier dictatorship shortly before leaving her native Haiti in 1962, at ten years old, and residing in Africa, Europe, and in the United States.
Marie-Solange Benedict, 2007
6
Computation of times of sunrise, sunset, and twilight in or ...
Bill С Ryan Times of sunrise and sunset at specific mountainous locations often are important influences on forestry operations. The change of heating of slopes and terrain at sunrise and sunset affects temperature, air density, and wind.
Bill C. Ryan, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Berkeley, Calif.), United States. Forest Service, 1977
7
Wind Climate in Yukon Mountainous Terrain
To quantify its wind energy potential the wind climate of the mountainous Yukon has been examined through data analysis and numerical modelling.
Jean-Paul Pinard, 2008
8
Issues in Resource Management and Development in Kenya: ...
Mountainous environments present one of the most difficult and challenging conditions for human habitation and resource development. Due to effects of altitude, relief, slope angle, aspect, climatic variability and location within zones of high ...
Robert A. Obudho, J. B. Ojwang, 2000
9
South Coast and Curry sustained yield units, ten-year timber ...
... in mountainous topography Mountainous uplands Mountainous uplands Mountainous uplands Mountainous uplands Mountainous uplands Mountainous uplands Mountainous side slopes and drainage headwalls Sideslopes, ridgetops and ...
United States. Bureau of Land Management. Oregon State Office, 1980
10
The Post-Soviet Wars: Rebellion, Ethnic Conflict, and ...
Terrain The statistical data indicate that mountainous terrain increases the risk of conflict and wars tend to be longer when they are fought in mountainous countries. This finding obviously resonates well with the suggestive image of the noble ...
Christoph Zürcher, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOUNTAINOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mountainous is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mountain Law: What social benefits will locals receive?
The Law on Development of Mountainous Regions passed the legislative body at its third hearing and it will see mountain communities in ... «Agenda.ge, Jul 15»
2
Dear Stoner: Will Potheads Still Come Here When Weed Is Legal …
... the sun rarely comes out up there, and neither Oregon nor Washington can offer the range of mountainous experiences that Colorado does. «Westword, Jul 15»
3
Asian Highway One mired in muddy reality
But mountainous terrain and half a century of military dictatorship in Myanmar from 1962 left the country largely cut off from its Indian neighbour ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
4
Tour de France: Cyclists to Face Storms Before Returning to Paris
Cyclists will spend Thursday into Saturday completing strenuous stages in the French Alps. Unfortunately, the mountainous terrain will serve as ... «AccuWeather.com, Jul 15»
5
Eruptions of Ash at 5 Volcanoes Shroud Skies in Indonesia
Indonesia, a chain of 17,000 islands where millions of people live in mountainous areas or near fertile flood-prone plains, is prone to seismic ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
6
Majesty of Tonto
It's a pretty drive with plenty of saguaro and sure enough, the landscape around Payson is mountainous. But the temperatures are still well into ... «St. George Daily Spectrum, Jul 15»
7
Jumpin' down under
Teammates De'Lacy Lewis of Gonzales, left, and Brianna Jackson of New Iberia pose for a photo in a mountainous region of Australia. «The Daily Iberian, Jul 15»
8
Reynolds Creek Fire puts damper on Glacier visitation
“And coming down we saw the big, billowing clouds of smoke coming on the other side of the mountainous pass.” Despite the fire, much of the ... «NBC Montana, Jul 15»
9
Franc talk on Switzerland
Greece and Switzerland are small and mountainous countries. They have populations of somewhere around 10 million people. They export ... «Politico, Jul 15»
10
Tour de France: Berliner Simon Geschke wins Stage 17
The 29-year-old became the 25th German to win a stage of cycling's most prestigious event, nailing the final descent after difficult mountainous ... «Deutsche Welle, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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