Mont.

Geography & Places abbreviation · US State Traditional

Mont. stands for Montana, a US state traditional abbreviation.

Montana's abbreviation in AP datelines (MISSOULA, Mont.), party labels (R-Mont.), the GPO style manual and The Bluebook. It is also common in historical documents, railroad timetables and survey maps of the Northern Plains.

Example: MISSOULA, Mont. — Smoke from wildfires in Idaho pushed air quality to unhealthy levels.

Usage notes

The postal code MT, set in 1963, is easily confused with metric ton and with Mt. for mount; Mont. avoids both. Mont is also French for mountain, and Montana itself comes from Spanish montaña. AP spells out Montana in story text.

Related abbreviations

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• N.Mex. – New Mexico
• Neb. – Nebraska
• Nebr. – Nebraska
• Nev. – Nevada
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