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mountainous

[moun-tn-uhs] / ˈmaʊn tn əs /


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That represents an enormous demographic shift for a small, mountainous country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

His loss of popularity is mainly due to the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous enclave inside Azerbaijan that was home to 100,000 ethnic Armenians until Azerbaijan took it by force in 2023.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

The company takes its name from a mountainous region spanning Argentina and Chile.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

The underlying work has a mountainous landscape in the style of hit television painter Bob Ross.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

That upwelling magma is responsible for the breathtaking mountainous landscape of Japan, and those subducting plates cause most of the earthquakes that shake the country.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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