Webster's English Dictionary

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mountain

moun.tain \'mau.nt-*n\ n [ME, fr. OF montaigne, fr. (assumed) VL montanea, 
   fr. fem. of mo] often attrib ntaneus of a mountain, alter. of L montanus, 
   fr. mont-, mons 1: a land mass that projects conspicuously above its 
   surroundings and is hi gher than a hill 2a: a great mass  2b: a vast number 
   or quantity