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noun Western U.S. and Canada.

an isolated hill or mountain rising abruptly above the surrounding land.

Origin:
1650–60, Americanism; < North American French; French: low hill, mound, Old French: landmark, target, apparently feminine derivative of but butt²

Can be confused: beaut, butte, Butte.

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noun

a city in SW Montana: mining center. 37,205.

Can be confused: beaut, butte, Butte.

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butte (bjuːt)

—n
	(Western US), (Canadian) an isolated steep-sided flat-topped hill

[C19: from French, from Old French bute mound behind a target, from but target; see butt²]

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butte

1805, Amer.Eng., from Fr. butte, from O.Fr. but "mound, knoll" (see butt (n.3)). A French word introduced in Lewis & Clark's journals.

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