Mountainous

//ˈmaʊn.tɪ.nəs//

Synonyms for "mountainous" (85 found)

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Closest matches (17)

Adjective(2 words)
bigboxcar

Strong matches (26)

Adjective(3 words)
craggedcraggyhilly
Adjective(2 words)
ginormoushumongous

Related words (42)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

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Related terms

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derived

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related to

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similar

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Translations

83 translations across 55 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ὀρεινός adj (having many mountains)

Arabic

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  • جَبَلي adj (having many mountains)
  • جَبَلِيّ adj (having many mountains)

Armenian

1 entries
  • լեռնային adj (having many mountains)

Asturian

1 entries
  • montosu adj (having many mountains)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • dağlıq adj (having many mountains)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • гары́сты adj (having many mountains)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • плани́нски adj (having many mountains)

Catalan

1 entries
  • muntanyós adj (having many mountains)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 多山的 adj (having many mountains)

Czech

3 entries
  • hornatý adj (having many mountains)
  • obrovský adj (resembling a mountain)
  • ohromný adj (resembling a mountain)

Danish

1 entries
  • bjergrig adj (having many mountains)

Dutch

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  • bergachtig adj (having many mountains)

Esperanto

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  • monta adj (resembling a mountain)
  • montara adj (having many mountains)
  • montoza adj (having many mountains)

Finnish

4 entries
  • järkälemäinen adj (resembling a mountain)
  • jättimäinen adj (resembling a mountain)
  • visainen adj (very difficult)
  • vuorenkokoinen adj (resembling a mountain)

French

1 entries
  • montagneux adj (having many mountains)

Galician

1 entries
  • montañoso adj (having many mountains)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მთიანი adj (having many mountains)

German

2 entries
  • bergig adj (having many mountains)
  • gebirgig adj (having many mountains)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • hegyes adj (having many mountains)
  • hegyi adj (having many mountains)
  • hegyvidéki adj (having many mountains)

Ido

1 entries
  • montoza adj (having many mountains)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • mäekäs adj (having many mountains)

Irish

2 entries
  • sléibhteach adj (having many mountains)
  • sléibhtiúil adj (having many mountains)

Italian

2 entries
  • montagnoso adj (having many mountains)
  • montuoso adj (having many mountains)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • таулы adj (having many mountains)

Khakas

1 entries
  • тағлығ adj (having many mountains)

Latin

1 entries
  • montōsus adj (having many mountains)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • планински adj (having many mountains)

Marathi

2 entries
  • डोंगरी adj (having many mountains)
  • पर्वतमय adj (having many mountains)

Middle English

1 entries
  • mountuous adj (having many mountains)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • уулархаг adj (having many mountains)
  • уулархуу adj (having many mountains)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • fjellrik adj (having many mountains)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • fjellrik adj (having many mountains)

Persian

1 entries
  • کوهستانی adj (having many mountains)

Piedmontese

2 entries
  • montagnos adj (having many mountains)
  • montos adj (having many mountains)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • boajich adj (having many mountains)

Polish

1 entries
  • górzysty adj (having many mountains)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • montanhoso adj (having many mountains)

Romansch

1 entries
  • alpin adj (having many mountains)

Russian

2 entries
  • гори́стый adj (having many mountains)
  • гороподо́бный adj (resembling a mountain)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • beanntach adj (having many mountains)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • brdòvit adj (having many mountains)
  • goròvit adj (having many mountains)
  • gòrskī adj (having many mountains)
  • plànīnskī adj (having many mountains)

Shor

1 entries
  • тағлығ adj (having many mountains)

Slovak

1 entries
  • hornatý adj (having many mountains)

Slovene

1 entries
  • gôrski adj (having many mountains)

Spanish

1 entries
  • montañoso adj (having many mountains)

Swedish

2 entries
  • bergig adj (having many mountains)
  • fjällrik adj (having many mountains)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • mabundok adj (having many mountains)

Tausug

1 entries
  • mabūd adj (having many mountains)

Turkish

3 entries
  • dağlık adj (having many mountains)
  • dağsı adj (resembling a mountain)
  • dağımsı adj (resembling a mountain)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • даглыг adj (having many mountains)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • гори́стий adj (having many mountains)

Unami

1 entries
  • òhchuwike adj (having many mountains)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • togʻlik adj (having many mountains)

Welsh

1 entries
  • mynyddog adj (having many mountains)

Yakut

1 entries
  • хайалаах adj (having many mountains)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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The capital of Ecuador is Quito, in the mountainous province of Pichincha.

Source: tatoeba (703293)

Armenia is a mountainous country.

Source: tatoeba (1802713)

The town is in a mountainous district.

Source: tatoeba (2549942)

Terrace farming is widely practiced in the mountainous regions of China.

Source: tatoeba (3348265)

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