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Munro

noun
1
In Scotland, a mountain with a summit higher than 3,000 feet.
"She has climbed over sixty munros across the Scottish Highlands."

How to Use Munro

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA Scottish mountain over 3,000 feet, named after the man who first listed them all.

Word Forms

Munroes plural, Munros plural, Munros plural

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She has climbed over sixty _____ across the Scottish Highlands.

Etymology

Named after Sir Hugh Thomas Munro, the Scottish mountaineer who first catalogued these peaks in 1891.

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