Montana

From Latin montāna

• the US state via Spanish montaña (“mountain”)
• the surname from Spanish Montaña topographic surname

• (US) IPA^(key): /mɒnˈtænə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Montana (countable and uncountable, plural Montanas)

1. A placename
   1. A town and province in northwestern Bulgaria.
   2. A former municipality of Valais canton, Switzerland.
   3. A locality in northern Tasmania, Australia.
   4. A place in the United States
      1. A state in the Mountain West region of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Helena. Largest city: Billings.
      2. A place in the United States, named after Montana Territory:
         1. A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
         2. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Arkansas.
         3. An unincorporated community in Labette County, Kansas.
         4. An unincorporated community in Warren County, New Jersey.
         5. An unincorporated community in Marion County, West Virginia.
2. A unisex given name transferred from the place name, specifically from the name of the U.S. state.
   • 2002, Danny Katz, Dork Geek Jew, Allen & Unwin, published 2002, →ISBN, page 12:

     'Montana?' I said. 'You can't call a kid Montana'―these friends of mine were going to call their new baby girl Montana and I tried to talk them out of it, because I'm sick of Australians naming their kids after American placenames, I'm sick of all these Montanas and Delawares and Indianas and Dallases. […]

3. A surname from Spanish, equivalent to English Mountain, Mount, or Hill

Montana

1. Montana (a state of the United States)

Borrowed from English Montana.

Montana (genitive Montanas)

1. Montana (a state of the United States)

From English Montana.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmontɑnɑ/, [ˈmo̞n̪t̪ɑnɑ]
• Rhymes: -ontɑnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Mon‧ta‧na

Montana

1. Montana (a state of the United States)

Borrowed from English Montana.

• IPA^(key): /monˈta.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: Mon‧tà‧na

Montana m

1. Montana (a state of the United States)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /monˈtaː.na/, [mɔn̪ˈt̪äːnä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /monˈta.na/, [mon̪ˈt̪äːnä]

Montāna f sg (genitive Montānae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Montana

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Borrowed from English Montana, from Spanish montaña (“mountain”), from Old Spanish montanna, from Medieval Latin montāna, from the feminine of Latin montānus, from mōns (“mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-.

• IPA^(key): /mɔnˈta.na/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: Mon‧ta‧na

Montana f

1. Montana (a state of the United States)

• Montana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Montana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: Mon‧ta‧na

Montana m

1. Montana (a state of the United States)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmontana]

Montana f (genitive singular Montany, declension pattern of žena)

1. Montana (a state of the United States)

• Montana in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

• IPA^(key): /monˈtana/ [mõn̪ˈt̪a.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: Mon‧ta‧na

Montana f

1. Montana (a state of the United States)

• montanés

• Montana on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Borrowed from English Montana.

• Hyphenation: Mon‧ta‧na
• IPA^(key): /monˈtana/, [monˈta.nɐ]

Montana (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜈ)

1. Montana (a state of the United States)