This is not helpful. The question was HOW DID MATTERN-GET ITS NAME. It is not WHERE DID MATTERHORN-GET ITS NAME. Or WHAT DOES MATTERHORN- MEAN? You tricked me and I am mad.
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Meadow peak is the English translation of 'Matterhorn'. In the word by word translation, the noun 'matte' is German for 'meadow'. The noun 'horn' is German for 'peak'.