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Definition: Mountain Pass |
Mountain PassNoun1. The location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; "we got through the pass before it started to snow". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Mountain PassSynonyms: notch (n), pass (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Topographically, a pass has the general form of a saddle between two mountains. They are often found just above the source of a river, constituting a sort of "bridge" over to the headwaters of a different river. Passes may be very short, consisting of steep slopes to the top of the pass, or valleys of many kilometers, whose highest point is only identifiable by surveying.
Roads have been long been built through passes, and more recently railways. Some high and rugged passes may have tunnels bored underneath, so as allow faster traffic flow year-round.
The top of a pass is frequently the only flat ground in the area, a high vantage point, so it is often a preferred site for buildings. For countries whose borders are delimited by a mountain range, the pass is typically part of the border, and the facilities likely include a border control or customs station, and possibly a military post as well. For passes with roads, it is also customary to have a small roadside sign giving the name of the pass and its elevation.
There are thousands of named passes around the world; some, such as the Great St Bernard Pass in the Alps, and the Khyber Pass between Afghanistan and Pakistan are familar names.
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mountain pass."
Crosswords: Mountain Pass |
| English words defined with "mountain pass": Khyber Pass ♦ Strategic point. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Greek soldiers guarding an Albanian mountain pass on Mount Eyuzati, four kilometers from Tepelini. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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mountain pass red | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "mountain pass"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | bergengte (defile). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 關 (door-screen, exhausted, late, to close, to concern, to involve, to shut, to turn off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bergpas (defile, pass), bergengte (defile). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | intermonto (defile). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | col. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hegyszoros (cove, defile, Glen, gorge, gullet, narrow, narrows, pass, ravine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | (difficult part, ridge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | とう'みち (road over a mountain pass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | beallagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ountainmay asspay bergspass (Col, gate). (various references) dağ geçidi (Col, ghat, ravine), boğaz (bosphorus, constriction, fauces, gorge, gullet, jugular, neck, pharyngal, pharyngeal, sound, Strait, swallow, throat, throttle, whistle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | ur. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-m-n-n-o-p-s-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: assumption. | |
-3 letters: mountains, potassium, sonatinas. | |
-4 letters: amiantus, anopsias, anosmias, assonant, impastos, maintops, manitous, mansions, mantissa, mountain, nonpasts, nonsuits, onanisms, onanists, opuntias, outspans, paisanos, pantoums, pastinas, pintanos, pointman, ptomains, puissant, putamina, saponins, satanism, sonatina, spinouts, spumonis, staminas, stannous, stannums, stasimon, tampions, tinamous, tsunamis, utopians, utopisms. | |
-5 letters: amnions, amounts, amusias, animato, anoints, anopias, anopsia, anosmia, antiman. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-m-n-n-o-p-s-s-t-u" | |
+3 letters: uncompassionate. | |
+4 letters: supranationalism. | |
+5 letters: supranationalisms. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 6F 75 6E 74 61 69 6E 50 61 73 73 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101111 01110101 01101110 01110100 01100001 01101001 01101110 00100000 01010000 01100001 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M o u n t a i n   P a s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 006F 0075 006E 0074 0061 0069 006E 0050 0061 0073 0073 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4781878086677580250678585 |
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