Green Mountains
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- proper noun
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Montañas Verdes
- As people pushed to the western side of the Green Mountains, weeds were carried on the wagons and germinated where clearings and trails were made.
- Green Mountains of Vermont
- Green Mountain Club
- Green Mountain National Forest
Examples
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He's at a ski place, in the Green Mountains.
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The scenic drive through the Green Mountains showcases their stunning beauty.
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This route winds through the Green Mountains from Massachusetts to nearly Canada.
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It was way over the Green Mountains... ...on the edge of town.
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We're Vermont authors; we tell the story of the Green Mountain State in vivid narratives that tap the "old days" and celebrate the new.
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My explorations have taken me from Alaska to Antarctica and from the Green Mountains to the Na Pali Coast.
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The lush Green Mountain area is the arena of the Bread and Puppet Theater, Museum, and puppetry apprentice program.
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You'll drive 9 hours through Upstate New York, through the Green Mountains of Vermont and the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and into Maine.
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The combination of a large snowpack in the Adirondack and Green mountains, extensive rain during and following the snowmelt, and human-made changes to the flow of the Richelieu River were all pegged as contributing factors.
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We enjoyed a hike along the trails in the Green Mountains of Vermont.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines the adjective/descriptor 'Green' (color or name) with 'mountains' (landforms), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a group of mountains that are green or called 'Green'. As a descriptive toponym the meaning is compositional and follows common naming patterns cross-linguistically, making it readily understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Green Mountains comes from a simple picture: early settlers saw the hills covered in forests and always looking green, so they called them green mountains. That's why today Green Mountains is the name for the mountain range in Vermont.