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Peak in the Pennines
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matterhorn
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Alpine mountain, from German Matte "meadow, pastureland" (see mead (n.2)) + Horn (see horn (n.)). So called for its horn-like shape.
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Matterhorn is the highest mountain in the Jarbidge Mountains of northern Elko County , Nevada , United States . It is the fifteenth-most topographically prominent peak in the state. The summit is located in the Jarbidge Wilderness , which is administered ...
Usage examples of matterhorn.
He was a peasant gambolling indecorously in the valley, and the pure, cold, white, unthawed summit of the Matterhorn could not but frown on him.