Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Located between mountains or mountain systems, especially lying between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada or Cascade Range in the western United States.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Situated between mountains; intermontane.
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- adjective Between
mountains .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The company's plans are at the center of a battle over the future of the plateau, one that could influence the fate of thousands of acres in the high country known as the intermountain West.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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The company's plans are at the center of a battle over the future of the plateau, one that could influence the fate of thousands of acres in the high country known as the intermountain West.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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Considering I am home today due to snow, I can say that winter is still strong here in the "intermountain west."
Adios, Winter? 2009
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While the intermountain West has been the hardest hit, bark beetles carved a swath of destruction through Southern California's San Bernardino National Forest in 2003 and 2004.
Study: Beetle invasions dampen, not intensify, wildfire risk Bettina Boxall 2010
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Considering I am home today due to snow, I can say that winter is still strong here in the "intermountain west."
Adios, Winter? 2009
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From the 1840s through the 1930s, geographical isolation in the intermountain west fostered an almost ethnic sense of Mormon identity.
Joanna Brooks: Still Uncertain About Mormonism After 180 Years Joanna Brooks 2011
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Two, at least throughout the intermountain west, most counties in CO, WY and UT (my stomping grounds) would gladly open up much, if not all acreage to OHV's and resource extraction.
Inauguration Day Discussion Topic: The Change You Need? 2009
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Only in heartland states such as Utah and Idaho-the intermountain bastions of his adopted Mormon faith-would the godless invaders encounter meaningful resistance.
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Two, at least throughout the intermountain west, most counties in CO, WY and UT (my stomping grounds) would gladly open up much, if not all acreage to OHV's and resource extraction.
Inauguration Day Discussion Topic: The Change You Need? 2009
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That was the point, we were told firmly: to help us understand the sacrifices our ancestors made so that we could grow up in Zion, the promised land -- meaning not just Utah but the whole intermountain West, breathtaking in its beauty, expansiveness and possibility.
Holly Welker: Latter-Day Saints and Modern-Day Pioneers 2010
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