Yellowstone

//ˈjɛləʊstəʊn// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A national park of the USA, located in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.

    "Yellowstone itself remains the biggest headache, with noncamping accommodations limited to a handful of pricey lodges or cookie-cutter cabins..."

  2. 2
    A river that rises in the park before flowing through Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota, where it empties into the Missouri River.
  3. 3
    A nickname for the 2-8-8-4 locomotive configuration.

Synonyms

All synonyms
yellowstone river

Example

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"Yellowstone Park has many thermal areas of geysers and mud pots."

Etymology

From yellow + stone.

Related phrases

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