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monadnock Apr 1st 2012, 06:06 ← Older revision Revision as of 06:06, 1 April 2012 Line 2: Line 2:       ===Etymology===   ===Etymology=== − Algonquian, probably from {{etyl|abe}} ''menonadenak'' ("smooth mountain") or ''menadena'' ("isolated mountain"). + From the name of [[w:Mount Monadnock|Mount ''Monadnock'']] in New England, which derives from an {{etyl|abe}} word, perhaps {{term|menonadenek|menonadenak, menonadenek|smooth mountain|lang=abe}} or {{term|menadenek|menadenak, menadenek|isolated mountain|lang=abe}}<ref>"[http://www.vt.nrcs.usda.gov/soils/so_NewsInd.html Vermont Soils with Names of American Indian Origin]" United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved January 6, 2008.</ref>, from {{term|aden||mountain|lang=abe}}.       ===Noun===   ===Noun=== Line 8: Line 8:       # A hill or [[mountain]] standing [[isolated]] above a predominately flat plain.   # A hill or [[mountain]] standing [[isolated]] above a predominately flat plain. − #*'''1901''', Philip Emerson, ''Notes on the New England Upland about the White Mountains'', in ''Appalachia'', vol. IX, p57 + #* '''1901''', Philip Emerson, ''Notes on the New England Upland about the White Mountains'', in ''Appalachia'', vol. IX, p57 − #*:Eastward from the White Mountains, the open sea of the upland country comes right to the '''monadnock''' shore, with hardly an outlying island; southward the upland is covered for miles by an archipelago of '''monadnock''' groups and peaks. + #*: Eastward from the White Mountains, the open sea of the upland country comes right to the '''monadnock''' shore, with hardly an outlying island; southward the upland is covered for miles by an archipelago of '''monadnock''' groups and peaks.       ====Synonyms====   ====Synonyms==== − *[[inselberg]] + * [[inselberg]]   +   + ===References===   + <references/>       [[Category:English terms derived from Algonquian languages]]   [[Category:English terms derived from Algonquian languages]]

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