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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
monadnock
 
SYLLABICATION:mo·nad·nock
PRONUNCIATION:  m-ndnk
NOUN: A mountain or rocky mass that has resisted erosion and stands isolated in an essentially level area. Also called inselberg.
ETYMOLOGY:After Mount Monadnock, a peak of southwest New Hampshire.
 
 
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