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Helena1 (ˈhɛlənə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a city in W Montana: the state capital. Pop: 26 718 (2003 est) | |
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| Helena2 (hɛlənə) | |
| —n | |
| Saint. ?248--?328 | |
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Montana
U.S. state, from Latinized form of Sp. montaña "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.
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Montana definition
State in the northwestern United States, lying partly in the Rocky Mountains, bordered by British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, Canada, to the north; North Dakota and South Dakota to the east; Wyoming to the south; and Idaho to the west. Its capital is Helena, and its largest city is Billings.
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