wyoming

Noun
  1. A state in the western United States;
    Mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east (synset 109181789)
    is an instance of: american state - one of the 50 states of the United States
    has:
    • grand teton national park - a national park in Wyoming featuring mountains
    • yellowstone national park - the first national park in the United States; located in the border area between Wyoming and Montana and Idaho; spectacular wilderness; famous for Old Faithful geyser and for buffalo and bears
    • black hills - mountains in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming
    • casper - a city of east central Wyoming on the North Platte river
    • capital of wyoming, cheyenne - the capital and largest city of Wyoming; located in the southeastern corner of the state
    • jackson - a town in western Wyoming
    • lander - a town in central Wyoming
    • laramie - a university town in southeast Wyoming
    • rock springs - a town of southwest Wyoming near the Utah border
    • bighorn, bighorn river - a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana
    • black hills - mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming; sacred to the Sioux (whites settling in the Black Hills led to the Battle of Little Bighorn); site of Mount Rushmore
    • green, green river - a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River
    • little bighorn, little bighorn river, little horn - a river that flows from northern Wyoming into the Bighorn River in southern Montana; site of Custer's Last Stand
    • little missouri, little missouri river - a river that rises in northeastern Wyoming and flows through Montana and South Dakota to join the Missouri River in North Dakota
    • north platte, north platte river - a river that rises in northern Colorado and flows northward into Wyoming and then eastward and southeastward through Nebraska where it joins the South Platte to form the Platte River
    • snake, snake river - a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition
    • teton range - a mountain range in northwest Wyoming; contains the Grand Teton
    • yellowstone, yellowstone river - a tributary of the Missouri River that flows through the Yellowstone National Park
    is a part of: america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
    same as: equality state, wy, wyo.

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