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Definition: Mountain |
MountainAdjective1. Relating to or located in mountains; "mountain people". Noun1. A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "mountain" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | For a young woman to dream of crossing a mountain in company with her cousin and dead brother, who was smiling, denotes she will have a distinctive change in her life for the better, but there are warnings against allurements and deceitfulness of friends. If she becomes exhausted and refuses to go further, she will be slightly disappointed in not gaining quite so exalted a position as was hoped for by her. If you ascend a mountain in your dreams, and the way is pleasant and verdant, you will rise swiftly to wealth and prominence. If the mountain is rugged, and you fail to reach the top, you may expect reverses in your life, and should strive to overcome all weakness in your nature. To awaken when you are at a dangerous point in ascending, denotes that you will find affairs taking a flattering turn when they appear gloomy. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Mountain (The) or ~~~Montagnards. Montagnards. The extreme democratical party in the first French Revolution; so called because they seated themselves on the highest benches of the hall in which the National Convention met. Their leaders were Danton and Robespierre, but under them were Marat, Couthon, Thuriot, St. André, Legendre, Camille-Desmoulins, Carnot, St. Just, and Collot d'Herbois, the men who introduced the "Reign of Terror." Extreme Radicals are still called in France the "Mountain Party," or Montagnards. Old Man of the Mountain. Imaum Hassan ben Sabbah el Homairi. The Sheik Al Jebal was so called, because his residence was in the mountain fastnesses of Syria. He was the prince of a Mahometan sect called Assassins (q.v.), and founder of a dynasty in Syria, put an end to by the Moguls in the twelfth century. In Rymer's Fædera (vol. i,) two letters of this sheik are inserted. It is not the province of this Book of Fables to dispute their genuineness. If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain. If what I seek will not come to me without my stir, I must exert myself to obtain it; if we cannot do as we with, we must do as we can. When Mahomet first announced his system, the Arals demanded supernatural proofs of his commission. "Moses and Jesus," said they, "wrought miracles in testimony of their divine authority; and if thou art indeed the prophet of God, do so likewise." To this Mahomet replied, "It would be tempting God to do so, and bring down His anger, as in the case of Pharaoh." Not satisfied with this answer, he commanded Mount Safa to come to him, and when it stirred not at his bidding, exclaimed, "God is merciful. Had it obeyed my words, it would have fallen on us to our destruction. I will therefore go to the mountain, and thank God that He has had mercy on a stiffnecked generation." The mountain in labour. A mighty effort made for a small effect. The allusion is to the celebrated line of Horace, "Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus, " which Creech translates, "The travailing mountain yields a silly mouse;" and Boileau, "La montagne en travail enfante une souris. " Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Mount Elbrus is the highest mountain in Europe, at 5,642 m (18,506 ft). It is located in the western Caucasus mountains, on the border between Russia and Georgia. (Geographically, the Caucasus is part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia, so mountains on the north side of the range are in Europe.)
Satellite picture of Mount Elbrus (Larger Version) Elbrus stands 20 km (12 mi) north of the main range of the Greater Caucasus and 65 km (40 mi) south-southwest of the Russian town of Kislovodsk. It is an extinct volcano. Its permanent icecap feeds 22 glaciers which in turn give rise to the Baksan, Kuban, and Malka Rivers.
The ancients knew the mountain as Strobilus and believed that Prometheus was chained here. The lower of the two summits was first ascended in 1868 by Douglas Freshfield, A. W. Moore, and C. C. Tucker, and the higher (by about 40 m) in 1874 by a party led by F. Crauford Grove. During the early years of the Soviet Union, mountaineering became a popular sport of the masses, and there was tremedous traffic on the mountain. In the winter of 1936, a very large group of inexperienced Komsomol members attempted the mountain, and ended up suffering many fatalities when they slipped on the ice and fell to their deaths. The Germans briefly occupied the mountain during World War II; a possibly apocryphal story tells of a Soviet pilot being given a medal for bombing the main mountaineering hut, Pruit 11, while it was occupied. He was then later nominated for a medal for not hitting the hut, but instead the fuel supply, leaving the hut standing for future generations.
The Soviet Union encouraged ascents of Elbrus, and in 1956 it was climbed en masse by 400 mountaineers to mark the 400th anniversary of the annexation of Kabardino-Balkaria, the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in which Elbrus was located.
From 1959 through 1976, a cable car system was built in stages which can take visitors as high as 3,800 meters. There are a wide variety of routes up the mountain, but the normal route, which is free of crevasses, continues more or less straight up the slope from the end of the cable car system. During the summer, it is not uncommon for 100 people to be attempting the summit via this route each day. The climb is not technically difficult, but it is physically arduous because of the elevations and the frequent strong winds.
The Caucasus Mountains are the result of a tectonic plate collision between the Arabian plate moving northward with respect to the Eurasian plate. They form a continuation of the Himalayas, which are being pressed upwards by a similar collison zone with the Eurasian and Indian plates. The entire region is regularly subjected to strong earthquakes from this activity, especially as the fault structure is complex with the Anatolia/Turkey and Iranian Blocks flowing sidewise, which prevents subduction of the advancing plate edge and hence the lack of volcanoes (though some minor dome structures, such as Elbrus’ peaks, do exist).
Parts of this article are from the NASA Earth Observatory; [1]
Reference
- Anthony Huxley, Standard Encyclopedia of the World's Mountains (New York: Putnam, 1962)
See also
- Elbrus was also the name of a Soviet computer.
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A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. A mountain is generally much higher and steeper than a hill, but there is considerable overlap, and usage often depends on local custom; see also Dune.A mountain is usually produced by the movement of lithospheric plates, either orogenic movement or epeirogenic movement. The compressional forces, isostatic uplift and intrusion of igneous matter forces surface rock upwards, creating a landform higher than the surrounding features. The height of the feature makes it either a hill or, if higher and steeper, a mountain. The absolute heights of features termed mountains and hills vary greatly according to an area's topography. The major mountains tend to occur in long linear arcs, indicating tectonic plate boundaries and activity. Mountain creation tends to occur in discrete periods, referred to as orogenies (orogeny). Two types of mountain are formed depending on how the rock reacts to the tectonic forces - block mountains or fold mountains.
Some isolated mountains were produced by volcanoes, including many apparently small islands that reach a great height above the ocean floor.
Block mountains are created when large areas are widely broken up by faults creating large vertical displacements. The uplifted blocks are block mountains or horsts. The intervening dropped blocks are termed graben, these can be small or form extensive rift valley systems. This form of landscape can be seen in East Africa, the Vosges, the Basin and Range province of Western North America and the Rhine valley.
Where rock does not fault it folds, either symmetrically or asymmetrically. The upfolds are anticlines and the downfolds are synclines, in asymmetric folding there may also be recumbent and overturned folds. The Jura mountains are an example of folding. Over time, erosion can bring about an inversion of relief, the soft upthrust rock is worn away so the anticlines are actually lower than the tougher rock of the synclines.
The height of a mountain is that above mean sea level. Thus a mountain may be higher than another one even if the top is closer to the center of the earth.
The highest mountain on Earth is Mount Everest, set in the world's most significant mountain range, the Himalayas. Another contender for this title is Mauna Loa, which stands taller than Mount Everest when measured from its base on the ocean floor but not in terms of summit altitude above sea level. The summit Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador is 2,150 m further away from the Earth's centre than that of Everest, since the Earth bulges at the equator, but at 6,272 m it is not even the tallest peak in the Andes. The tallest mountain in the solar system is Olympus Mons, located on Mars.
Some mountains are very difficult to climb, and offer spectacular views. Some people therefore enjoy the sport of mountaineering. Mountains are also the site for the sport of downhill skiing.
A popular form of playing at the beach is making a sand "mountain".
Related articles and lists
- List of mountains
- Latin names of mountains
- Mountain range and list of mountain ranges
- List of mountains on Venus
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Mountain was an American rock band active in the early 1970s.The group was a trio composed of Leslie West on guitar, Felix Pappalardi on bass, and Corky Laing on drums. West's raw vocals, Laing's flowing drumming, and Pappalardi's heavy but not overly imposing bass lines were the elements of Mountain's distinctive sound.
Mountain played Woodstock but the band didn't appear in the film of the event nor was it included on the first album. The group received a certain measure of critical acclaim but never acheived great commercial success.
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A mountain bike is a bicycle designed for riding off-road, either on dirt trails or other non-pavement type environments.While cyclo-cross bikes already existed, the earliest ancestors of modern mountain bikes were based around frames from road cruisers such as those made by Schwinn. Gary Fisher is normally credited with introducing the first purpose-built mountain bike in 1979.
Mountain bikes have fat, knobby tires for extra traction, and are usually fitted with shock absorbers on the front fork. Sometimes rear suspension is included as well. Mountain bikes are also often fitted with bar ends on the handlebars.
In French a mountain bike is called a VTT (vélo toute-terraine: "all-terrain bicycle").
See also:
- Mountain bicycling
- Mountain unicycle
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Mountain is a city located in Pembina County, North Dakota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 133.Geography
Mountain is located at 48°41'2" North, 97°51'54" West (48.683995, -97.864952)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.4 km² (0.1 mi²). 0.4 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 133 people, 43 households, and 26 families residing in the city. The population density is 366.8/km² (978.4/mi²). There are 55 housing units at an average density of 151.7/km² (404.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 99.25% White, 0.00% African American, 0.75% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 43 households out of which 25.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.2% are married couples living together, 16.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 39.5% are non-families. 37.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 27.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.16 and the average family size is 2.81. In the city the population is spread out with 16.5% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 12.8% from 25 to 44, 18.0% from 45 to 64, and 47.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 64 years. For every 100 females there are 87.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 76.2 males. The median income for a household in the city is $23,750, and the median income for a family is $31,875. Males have a median income of $28,750 versus $25,625 for females. The per capita income for the city is $12,237. 19.8% of the population and 17.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 47.1% are under the age of 18 and 14.3% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mountain, North Dakota."
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Mountain is a town located in Oconto County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 860.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 188.2 km² (72.7 mi²). 185.4 km² (71.6 mi²) of it is land and 2.8 km² (1.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.51% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 860 people, 380 households, and 248 families residing in the town. The population density is 4.6/km² (12.0/mi²). There are 883 housing units at an average density of 4.8/km² (12.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 98.26% White, 0.00% African American, 0.47% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.93% from two or more races. 0.35% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 380 households out of which 22.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.3% are married couples living together, 5.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 34.7% are non-families. 30.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.26 and the average family size is 2.76. In the town the population is spread out with 21.5% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 22.6% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 22.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 45 years. For every 100 females there are 99.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 99.1 males. The median income for a household in the town is $30,598, and the median income for a family is $35,341. Males have a median income of $27,321 versus $20,208 for females. The per capita income for the town is $16,440. 10.4% of the population and 8.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 13.0% are under the age of 18 and 3.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mountain, Wisconsin."
Synonyms: MountainSynonyms: mountain(a) (adj), mount (n). (additional references) |
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Disappointment | Phrase: the mountain labored and brought forth a mouse; parturiunt montes; nascitur ridiculus mus; diis aliter visum, the bubble burst; one's countenance falling. |
Gravity | Lead, millstone, mountain, Ossa on Pelion. |
Height | Mount, mountain; hill alto, butte, monticle, fell, knap; cape; headland, foreland; promontory; ridge, hog's back, dune; rising ground, vantage ground; down; moor, moorland; Alp; uplands, highlands; heights; (summit); knob, loma, pena, picacho, tump; knoll, hummock, hillock, barrow, mound, mole; steeps, bluff, cliff, craig, tor, peak, pike, clough; escarpment, edge, ledge, brae; dizzy height. |
Size | Mountain, mound; heap; (assemblage). |
Smallness | Phrase: dare pondus idonea fumo; magno conatu magnas nugas; " small sands the mountain, moments make the year ". |
Waste | Noun: consumption, expenditure, exhaustion; dispersion; ebb; leakage; (exudation); loss; wear and tear; waste; prodigality; misuse; wasting; Verb: rubbish; (useless). mountain in labor. |
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Crosswords: Mountain |
| English words defined with "mountain": American mountain ash ♦ Balkan Mountain Range ♦ mountain azalea, Mountain chain, mountain climbing, mountain fern, Mountain ousel, mountain peak, mountain range, mountain sickness, Mountain Standard Time, Mountain Time. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "mountain": anticlinal mountain ♦ block mountain ♦ fault-block mountain, faulted mountain, fold mountain ♦ mountain and valley breezes, mountain brown ore, mountain pediment, mountain precipitation, mountain soil ♦ Rocky Mountain Basic, Rocky Mountain wood tick ♦ synclinal mountain ♦ The Mountain Forum. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "mountain": Synclinorium. (references) |
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Screenplays | You talk about that mountain like it was a real woman (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre; writing credit: B. Traven; John Huston) There was always a million sparkles on the waterlike that mountain lake (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth) The god damn plane has crashed into the mountain! (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen) They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow; The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) Up the airy mountain, down the rushing glen, we dare not go a hunting, for fear of little men (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; writing credit: Roald Dahl) | |
Lyrics | Ain't no mountain high ("Ain't No Mountain High Enough"; performing artist: Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell) Somewhere high on Lookout Mountain I'll just smile with pride and say that my ("My Home's in Alabama"; performing artist: Alabama) Goddess on the mountain top (Venus; performing artist: Bananarama) He played Fire on the Mountain ("The Devil Went Down to Georgia"; performing artist: Charlie Daniels Band) Over on the mountain (RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival) | |
Clever | Ulcers are something you get from mountain climbing over molehills. (references; author: unknown) Anyone can make a mountain out of a molehill by throwing on more dirt. (references; author: unknown) The person who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The House on Skull Mountain (1974) Fire On Kelly Mountain (1973) The Holy Mountain (1973) Climb an Angry Mountain (1972) Girls of Mountain Street (1970) | |
Song Titles | Rocky Mountain High (performing artist: John Denver) OVER THE MOUNTAIN, ACROSS THE SEA (performing artist: Johnnie & Joe ) MOUNTAIN OF LOVE (performing artist: Johnny Rivers ) Misty Mountain Hop (performing artist: Led Zeppelin) Ain't No Mountain High Enough (performing artist: Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell) | |
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 | Rocky Mountain spotted fever is the most severe and most frequently reported rickettsial illness in the United States. The disease is caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, a species of bacteria that is spread to humans by ixodid (hard) ticks. Credit: CDC. |  | Ticks are of the class Arachnida, as are spiders and mites. D. variabilis is a known carrier of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii. Credit: CDC. |
 | These are the Anti-Atlas Mountains, part of the Atlas Mountain range in southern Morocco, Africa. The region contains some of the world's largest and most diverse mineral resources, most of which are still untouched. Credit: NASA. |  | This desolate landscape is part of the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range, on the border between the Coahuila and Nuevo Leon provinces of Mexico. Credit: NASA. |
 | Mountain climbing (stumbling?) in the White Pass area Off of WESTDAHL. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Helicopter operations on Tikchik Mountain Triangulation party of Norman Sylar. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Kauai needle-like mountain peaks. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Mountain scenery enroute from Petersburg to Juneau. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Flying over southeast Alaska mountain peaks on the way home at end of the season. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | The view of the South Pole and the Antarctic Plateau from the station. The ice here is over 9000 feet thick. The nearest land feature is a mountain range over 300 miles away. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
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| "Mountain I" by I-Face Commentary: "A nice view over the Mountains ..." | "Mountain river" by I Y Commentary: "This is the by the river Korozs in Transylvania; a very popular picturesque site." |
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 | Mountain lion roaring. |
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Aesop | A huge gap appeared in the side of the mountain. At last a tiny mouse came forth. |
Author Unknown | When he took time to help the man up the mountain, lo, he scaled it himself. |
| I've seen the elephant, and I've heard the owl, and I've been to the other side of the mountain. | |
Charles Lamb | Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see another mountain in my life. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains. |
Matthew Arnold | Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur. |
Plutarch | A dwarf is small, even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well. |
Robert Burton | See one promontory (said Socrates of old), one mountain, one sea, one river, and see all. |
William James | Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge. |
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee! (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1918) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This bustling mountain of flesh moved under the little finger of this frail despot |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The water would rise inch by inch, covering the grass and shrubs, covering the trees and houses, covering the monuments and the mountain tops |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And the truck rolled down the mountain into the great valley |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | He only desired me to observe a ruined building upon the side of a mountain about three miles distant, of which he gave me this account |
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Health | Dumler, J. S. (1994). Rocky Mountain spotted fever. (references) | |
The name Rocky Mountain spotted fever is somewhat of a misnomer. (references) | ||
Weber, D.J., and Walker, D.H. (1991). Rocky Mountain spotted fever. (references) | ||
Business | Logging companies stress their special interest in highly maneuverable harvesting equipment – due to the local hilly relief, they often practically have to work on mountain slopes. (references) | |
According to statistics from the Economic Daily, more than 24 million of China's rural population, most of which live in remote and poor mountain regions of the barren west, suffer from water shortages. (references) | ||
Industry reports also say that China will focus its farming mechanization on low and medium-yield farmland improvement, barren mountain and wasteland reclamation and development of grain, cotton, oil and farming produce and sideline product protection. (references) | ||
Children | Greece | With EU funding, special care is available for juvenile offenders, Romani children, children from remote mountain and island areas, and children with disabilities. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Algeria | In April in the Kabylie mountain region Berbers held outdoor demonstrations commemorating the 21st anniversary of the Berber Spring of 1980, when Berbers protested the imposition of Arabization on Berber culture. (references) |
Economic History | Laos | Animism is common among the mountain tribes. (references) |
Human Rights | Korea | Most camps are located in remote mountain or mining areas. (references) |
Indigenous People | Sweden | Some Sami state that they face discrimination in housing and employment on an individual basis, particularly in the southern mountain regions. (references) |
Taiwan | In addition they complain that they are prevented from owning ancestral lands in mountain areas under the authorities' control, some of which have been designated as national parks or conservation areas. (references) | |
Political Economy | Rwanda | The renewed fighting in the northwest has threatened the fledgling tourism industry based on the country's indigenous mountain gorillas. (references) |
Lebanon | Syria maintains a military presence in Lebanon of approximately 20-25,000 soldiers, located primarily in the Bekaa Valley, on strategic roadways and mountain ridges, and in and around major cities. (references) | |
Korea | The North and South Korean governments agreed to re-establish a rail and road link across the DMZ. South Korean tourism to the Kumgang Mountain area of North Korea may be expanded with the possible opening of another overland route, and the North announced plans for new Special Economic Zones at Kaesong and Sinuiju. (references) | |
Political Rights | Taiwan | Aborigine representatives participate in most levels of the political system, partially through holding 8 reserved seats in the LY--half of which are elected by the plains Aborigines and half by mountain Aborigines. (references) |
Travel | Romania | Driving to Bucharest in December-February is not advisable because mountain passes can be hazardous. (references) |
Colombia | In Bogotá and the mountain region, dress is more formal and colors are darker than in tropical areas. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Kyrgyz Republic | A flourishing sex trade draws girls as young as age 10 from destitute mountain villages. (references) |
Sri Lanka | Protecting Environment and Children Everywhere (PEACE), a domestic NGO, estimates that there are at least 5,000 male children between the ages of 8 and 15 years who are engaged as sex workers both at beach and mountain resorts. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ABRACADABRA. By Abracadabra we signify An infinite number of things. 'Tis the answer to What? and How? and Why? And Whence? and Whither? -- a word whereby The Truth (with the comfort it brings) Is open to all who grope in night, Crying for Wisdom's holy light. Whether the word is a verb or a noun Is knowledge beyond my reach. I only know that 'tis handed down. From sage to sage, From age to age -- An immortal part of speech! Of an ancient man the tale is told That he lived to be ten centuries old, In a cave on a mountain side. (True, he finally died.) The fame of his wisdom filled the land, For his head was bald, and you'll understand His beard was long and white And his eyes uncommonly bright. Philosophers gathered from far and near To sit at his feat and hear and hear, Though he never was heard To utter a word But "Abracadabra, abracadab, Abracada, abracad, Abraca, abrac, abra, ab!" 'Twas all he had, 'Twas all they wanted to hear, and each Made copious notes of the mystical speech, Which they published next -- A trickle of text In the meadow of commentary. Mighty big books were these, In a number, as leaves of trees; In learning, remarkably -- very! He's dead, As I said, And the books of the sages have perished, But his wisdom is sacredly cherished. In Abracadabra it solemnly rings, Like an ancient bell that forever swings. O, I love to hear That word make clear Humanity's General Sense of Things. Jamrach Holobom |
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | By persuasion and force they have been made to retire from river to river and from mountain to mountain, until some of the tribes have become extinct and others have left but remnants to preserve for a while their once terrible names. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | The Atlantic Community grows, not like a volcanic mountain, by one mighty explosion, but like a coral reef, from the accumulating activity of all. |
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| "Mountain" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 89.98% of the time. "Mountain" is used about 3,868 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 89.98% | 3,480 | 2,791 |
| Noun (proper) | 9.76% | 378 | 14,491 |
| Preposition (except "of") | 0.26% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,868 | N/A |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "mountain" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Mountain | Last name | 1,000 | 8,627 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "mountain". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Harun | N/A | Arabic | Mountain of strength |
| Aaron | N/A | Biblical | Mountain of strength |
| Armageddon | N/A | Biblical | Mountain of Megiddo |
| Rakkon | N/A | Biblical | Mountain of enjoyment |
| Monserrat | Female | Catalan | A jagged mountain |
| Montserrat | Female | Catalan | A jagged mountain |
| Aaren | N/A | English | Mountain of strength |
| Montague | Male | English | A pointed mountain |
| Montana | Female | English | Resembling a mountain |
| Montgomery | Male | English | The mountain of Gomeric |
| Monty | Male | English | A pointed mountain |
| Áron | N/A | Hungarian | Mountain of strength |
| Aharon | N/A | Jewish | Mountain of strength |
| Aron | N/A | Polish | Mountain of strength |
| Aarón | N/A | Spanish | Mountain of strength |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Battle Mountain Gold Company |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Mountain, ND (city, FIPS 54740) 2. Mountain, WI |
Expressions using "mountain": a mountain chain ♦ abrupt mountain ♦ Allegheny mountain spurge ♦ american mountain ash ♦ balkan Mountain Range ♦ battle Mountain ♦ bear Mountain ♦ beech Mountain ♦ bent Mountain ♦ Bernese mountain dog ♦ Bike Mountain Cross ♦ black Mountain ♦ black Mountain S ♦ blue Mountain ♦ blue Mountain La ♦ blue Mountain tea ♦ Brewer's mountain heather ♦ burning mountain ♦ Cajah's Mountain ♦ chronic mountain sickness ♦ coal Mountain ♦ Cross Mountain ♦ dwarf mountain pine ♦ Eagle Mountain ♦ East Mountain ♦ Elk Mountain ♦ european mountain ash ♦ foot of a mountain ♦ Green Mountain Falls ♦ green Mountain State ♦ Iron Mountain ♦ Iron Mountain Lake ♦ kennesaw Mountain ♦ kings mountain ♦ Laurel Mountain ♦ Lazy Mountain ♦ Little Mountain ♦ Lookout Mountain ♦ Lyon Mountain ♦ make a mountain of a molehill ♦ make a mountain out of a molehill ♦ make a mountain out of molehill ♦ mountain alder ♦ mountain andromeda ♦ mountain anemone ♦ mountain antelope ♦ mountain artillery ♦ mountain ash ♦ mountain avens ♦ mountain azalea ♦ mountain barometer ♦ mountain beaver ♦ mountain bike ♦ mountain birch ♦ mountain black snake ♦ mountain blacksnake ♦ mountain bladder fern ♦ mountain blue ♦ mountain blue berry ♦ mountain box ♦ Mountain Brook ♦ mountain cat ♦ mountain cattle ♦ Mountain Center ♦ mountain chain ♦ mountain chinchilla ♦ Mountain City ♦ mountain clematis ♦ mountain climber ♦ mountain climbing ♦ mountain cloud ♦ mountain clubmoss ♦ mountain cock ♦ mountain colley ♦ mountain cork ♦ mountain cranberry ♦ mountain crystal ♦ mountain daisy ♦ Mountain Dale ♦ mountain damson ♦ mountain devil ♦ mountain dew ♦ mountain dweller ♦ mountain eagle ♦ mountain ebony ♦ mountain everlasting ♦ mountain fern ♦ mountain fetterbush ♦ mountain fever ♦ mountain flax ♦ mountain four o'clock ♦ mountain fringe ♦ mountain goat ♦ mountain gorilla ♦ mountain grape ♦ mountain green ♦ Mountain Grove ♦ mountain guide ♦ mountain heath ♦ mountain hemlock ♦ mountain hike. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "mountain": mountain-ash sugar, mountain-bike, mountain-biking, mountain-brook, mountain-builders, mountain-building, mountain-caused, mountain-climbing, mountain-designer, mountain-designers, mountain-designing, mountain-dwelling, mountain-flax, mountain-fold, mountain-fringed, mountain-giant, mountain-girdled, mountain-girt, mountain-high, mountain-hiking, mountain-like, mountain-path, mountain-peaks, mountain-postroad, mountain-range, mountain-ringed, mountain-side, mountain-sides, mountain-spur, mountain-streams, mountain-top, mountain-tops, mountain-walking. | |
Ending with "mountain": Man-mountain. | |
Containing "mountain": Rocky-mountain maple, table-mountain pine. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "mountain"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | berg. (various references) | |
Albanian | mal (fell, heap, heaps of, pile). (various references) | |
Arabic | كتلة ضخمة, مقدار وافر (chunk, spate), طود حبل, جبل (barrow, knead, mount). (various references) | |
Asturian | montaña. (various references) | |
Aymara | jach'aqollo. (various references) | |
Basque | mendi. (various references) | |
Bemba | ulupili. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | miisták. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | куп (accumulation, agglomeration, amassment, bunch, bundle, clamp, cluster, congeries, crop, crowd, cumulation, cumulus, heap, hoard, huddle, knot, lashings, lump, mass, mint, mound, pack, parcel, pile, raft, ruck, scad, shoal, sight, slathers, stack, tumble), планински (montane, mountainous, rangy, upland), планина. (various references) | |
Catalan | muntanya. (various references) | |
Cebuano | bukid. (various references) | |
Chamorro | sabana. (various references) | |
Chinese | 山 (hill). (various references) | |
Cornish | meneth. (various references) | |
