monadnock

Betekenis (Engels)

A hill or mountain standing isolated above a predominantly flat plain.

Sinonieme

inselberg

unaka

torso mountain

residual hill

relict mountain

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/məˈnædˌnɒk/

Etimologie (Engels)

From the name of Mount Monadnock in New England, which derives from an Abenaki word, perhaps menonadenak, menonadenek (“smooth mountain”) or menadenak, menadenek (“isolated mountain”), from aden (“mountain”).