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Handies Peak

Handies Peak

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A mountain peak in southwestern Colorado that rises to 14,048 feet
  • proper noun
: Handies Peak
  • Many hikers aspire to climb Handies Peak because it is one of Colorado's famous fourteeners.

Examples

  • The view from the summit of Handies Peak stretches across the entire San Juan Mountain range.

  • During the summer, wildflowers decorate the trails leading up to Handies Peak.

  • I plan to hike Handies Peak this summer.

  • Have you ever climbed Handies Peak?

  • During the summer, wildflowers decorate the trails leading up to Handies Peak.

  • Many hikers aspire to climb Handies Peak because it is one of Colorado's famous fourteeners.

  • The view from the summit of Handies Peak stretches across the entire San Juan Mountain range.

Surface Forms

Handies Peak main

Morphology

Handies + peak

The head noun 'peak' directly indicates a mountain top, and the capitalized 'Handies' functions as a proper name; therefore a learner who knows 'peak' can infer this is the name of a mountain. Place-name constructions of the form 'X Peak' are cross-linguistically common and compositionally transparent, so the overall meaning is predictable from the constituents.

Etymology

Handies Peak may get its name from an early miner or guide nicknamed 'Handy', or from a hand-shaped mark someone left on a rock near the trail. So people began to call the mountain Handies Peak, and the name now points to this high summit.