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MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. See also:
MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE (1533-1592)
montaigne; popular See also:
LAT
Lat. montanea, an adjectival See also:
FORM (Lat. forma)
form from the classical See also:
MONS (Flemish Bergen)
mons, montis, whence Eng. " See also:
MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)
mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt See also:
EVEREST, MOUNT
EVEREST, SIR GEORGE (1790—1866)
Everest) , a natural See also:

ELEVATION

elevation of the See also:

earth's See also:

SURFACE

surface. The See also:

TERM

term properly connotes height See also:

SUPERIOR

superior to that of a See also:

hill (0. Eng. hyll, cognate with Lat. coils); but the distinction depends on the prominence of a given elevation in relation to its surroundings, and in some degree to the bold or See also:

GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of its outline. For the See also:

CLASSIFICATION (Lat. classis, a class, probably from the root cal-, cla-, as in Gr. icaMce, clamor)

classification of mountains according to the various processes of their formation, see See also:

GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

GEOGRAPHY, § Principles of Geography; and for further details See also:

GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

GEOLOGY, § viii.

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