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Rockies
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English
Pronunciation
en /ˈɹɒkiz/ RP
en /ˈɹɑkiz/ GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Rockies.wav Southern England
en ɒkiz 2
Proper noun
1
The Rocky Mountains, a mountain range in North America.
en The North American continental divide runs along the Rockies.
en 1954 February Trevor Holloway Canada's Transcontinental Routes Railway Magazine 130 The Canadian Pacific Railway is about to introduce dome cars, already popular in the United States, which will add, if possible, to the scenic delights of the journey through the Rockies.
en Autumn Spanne Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/crazy-rock-formations 2018-07-17 To the north are the Rockies. To the west, the Chuska Mountains on the border of Arizona and New Mexico. And to the east, the dusty, sparsely-vegetated landscape of the San Juan Basin seems to go on forever, like a wide dry sea. https://web.archive.org/web/20251217005651/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/crazy-rock-formations 17 December 2025
Derived terms
en Rocktober Canadian Rockies
Translations
Rocky Mountains
Noun
en noun form
en Rocky
Anagrams
en ceikors corkies
en Canada North America United States