Catskill Mountains

American

[kats-kil] / ˈkæts kɪl /

plural noun

a range of low mountains in E New York: resort area. Highest peak, Slide Mountain, 4,204 feet (1,281 meters).

Catskill Mountains British

/ ˈkætskɪl /

plural noun

Also called: Catskills. a mountain range in SE New York State: resort. Highest peak: Slide Mountain, 1261 m (4204 ft)

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The sisters and their party ate in the elegant, paneled dining room and visited in the plush sitting rooms, enjoying views of the passing Catskill Mountains.

From Literature

Every summer we would go to the Catskill Mountains for a week.

From The Wall Street Journal

“She came out to schmooze with the customers, and I went, “This is the one,’” said Siegel, who hails from what he billed “the Jewish Alps” — the Catskill Mountains in New York.

From Los Angeles Times

It was through singing in his church choir while growing up in a small town in New York’s Catskill Mountains that Banks initially fell in love with the choral medium.

From Seattle Times

Grant Cornett is an artist who resides in the Catskill Mountains.

From New York Times

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