Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A group of rugged mountains of southwest South Dakota and northeast Wyoming rising to 2,207 m (7,242 ft) at Harney Peak. The Black Hills are a major recreational area.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
- noun mountains in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming
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Examples
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The woman, who declined to give her name, said she called Black Hills a second time to report the leak, and the crew returned.
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Gold [and later, uranium] in the Black Hills was the equivalent of oil in Iraq.
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However, the only Treaty that should be recognized concerning the Black Hills is the Treaty of 1851.
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The Black Hills are a maturely dissected domal uplift with an exposed core of Precambrian rocks; encircling hogbacks, enclosed hogbacks, and enclosed strike valleys rim the province.
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The Black Hills was their place of birth and therefore a very sacred place.
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When I was a boy, I traveled with my uncle to a place called the Black Hills.
THUNDER BAY WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER 2007
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When I was a boy, I traveled with my uncle to a place called the Black Hills.
THUNDER BAY WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER 2007
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When I was a boy, I traveled with my uncle to a place called the Black Hills.
THUNDER BAY WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER 2007
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When I was a boy, I traveled with my uncle to a place called the Black Hills.
THUNDER BAY WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER 2007
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The Black Hills were a rugged place for farmers, away from the trade routes, and harsher now than usual.
The Path of Daggers Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1998
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