Meanings
- The Rocky Mountains, a mountain range in North America.
The North American continental divide runs along the Rockies.
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The Canadian Pacific Railway is about to introduce dome cars, already popular in the United States, which will add, if possible, to the scenic delights of the journey through the Rockies.
1954 February, Trevor Holloway, “Canada's Transcontinental Routes”, in Railway Magazine, page 130To the north are the Rockies. To the west, the Chuska Mountains on the border of Arizona and New Mexico. And to the east, the dusty, sparsely-vegetated landscape of the San Juan Basin seems to go on forever, like a wide dry sea.
2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN
- pluralplural of Rocky
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Rockies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rockies
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