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monadnock

[ muh-nad-nok ]

noun

  1. Physical Geography. a residual hill or mountain standing well above the surface of a surrounding peneplain.
  2. (initial capital letter) Mount, a mountain peak in SW New Hampshire. 3,186 feet (971 meters).


monadnock

/ məˈnædnɒk /

noun

  1. a residual hill that consists of hard rock in an otherwise eroded area
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monadnock

/ mə-nădnŏk′ /

  1. A mountain or rocky mass that has resisted erosion and stands isolated in an essentially level area.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of monadnock1

1735–45, Americanism; after ( Grand ) Monadnock (earlier name of Mount Monadnock) < a S New England Algonquian name, literally, isolated mountain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of monadnock1

C19: named after Mount Monadnock, in New Hampshire
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Example Sentences

BethAnne Tatro, also at the Keene meet-and-greet, said that the cost of running her Monadnock Country Café had skyrocketed in the past couple of years.

From BBC

After tackling Mounts Monadnock, Pemigewasset and Kearsarge, they attempted their first 4,000-footer, Mount Pierce, in late June.

After tackling Mounts Monadnock, Pemigewasset and Kearsarge, they attempted their first 4,000-footer, Mount Pierce, in late June.

The plane belonged to the Monadnock Aviation flight school in Keene, Mayor George Hansel said, according to WMUR-TV, a Manchester, New Hampshire ABC affiliate.

There’s also the question of what happens once the site is a vacant plot of “secure” landscaping: The Dirksen is 90 feet away, but it is not much further to neighboring structures including the Monadnock Building, one of America’s finest early skyscrapers.

From Slate

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