Billings

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S0323700 (bĭl′ĭngz) A city of southern Montana on the Yellowstone River east-southeast of Helena. Established in 1882 as a railroad stop, it is the largest city in the state.

Bil•lings

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n. a city in S Montana. 78,020.

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Billings - the largest city in Montana; located in southern Montana on the Yellowstone riverMontana, Treasure State, MT - a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border

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city (1990 pop. 81,151), seat of Yellowstone co., S Mont., on the Yellowstone River, in a valley surrounded by seven mountain ranges; inc. as a city 1885. Founded in 1882 by the Northern Pacific RR, Billings quickly became an important shipping point and fur-trading center. It is the largest city in Montana and a medical, manufacturing, and trade center for the S Montana–N Wyoming region. Manufactures include paper, wood, dairy, and petroleum products; processed foods; and computer equipment. Wheat, sugar beets, livestock, and wool are traded. Rocky Mountain College and Montana State Univ. at Billings are there. Billings is the center of a recreational area and tourism is important; Custer National Forest and Yellowstone National ParkYellowstone National Park,
2,219,791 acres (899,015 hectares), the world's first national park (est. 1872), NW Wyo., extending into Montana and Idaho. It lies mainly on a broad plateau in the Rocky Mts., on the Continental Divide, c.
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noun the largest city in Montana

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