Montana的词源

英文词源

Montana

U.S. state, from Latinized form of Spanish montaña "mountain," from Latin mont-, stem of mons (see mountain). Proposed 1864 by U.S. Rep. James H. Ashley of Ohio when it was created as a territory from Nebraska Territory, in reference to the Rocky Mountains, which however traverse only one end of it. Admitted as a state 1889. Related: Montanan.

中文词源

Montana：蒙大拿州

出自西班牙语的montana一词，意思是“山区”。蒙大拿州的主体位于落基山脉上。

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