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ALTAY MOUNTAINS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mountain range in central Asia that extends a thousand miles from Kazakhstan eastward into western Mongolia and northern China
Synonyms:
Altai Mountains; Altay Mountains
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)
Holonyms ("Altay Mountains" is a part of...):
Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)