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mountainous
/ ˈmaʊntɪnəs /
adjective
- of or relating to mountains
a mountainous region
- like a mountain, esp in size or impressiveness
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Derived Forms
- ˈmountainously, adverb
- ˈmountainousness, noun
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Other Words From
- mountain·ous·ly adverb
- mountain·ous·ness noun
- non·mountain·ous adjective
- non·mountain·ous·ly adverb
- semi·mountain·ous adjective
- semi·mountain·ous·ly adverb
- un·mountain·ous adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mountainous1
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Example Sentences
The narrowest piece of land was at Panama, but it was covered in dense, mountainous jungle.
“Cases may be hidden by communities, cases may be happening in areas that are remote and far off mountainous areas,” he says.
Earlier this year, army Apaches shot up several convoys that refused to stop while navigating mountainous dunes near the border.
For years, the military was content to leave the mountainous Kunar and Nuristan region to insurgents and their Islamist allies.
For the adventurous, the area is surrounded by waterfalls, zip lines, and gorgeous mountainous scenery.
The sun had risen, when the equipage that contained Louis de Montemar, ascended the mountainous heights of the Guadarama.
Bits of woodland arePg 129 interspersed with bright green sheep pastures and high, almost mountainous, bluffs overhang the valley.
To our left lay a number of mountainous islands, which completely intercepted our view of Sumatra.
Here and there detached mountainous masses produce a singular local increase in the amount of the rainfall.
Mountainous countries always keep their characteristics longer than others.
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