CORDILLERA


Meaning of CORDILLERA in English

ˌkȯ(r)d ə lˈerə, -lˈye- also kȯ(r)ˈdilərə noun

( -s )

Etymology: Spanish, from cordilla, diminutive of cuerda rope, string, line of mountain peaks, from Latin chorda cord — more at cord

: a group of mountain ranges forming a mountain system of great linear extent often consisting of a number of more or less parallel chains

the No. American cordillera includes all the mountains from the eastern face of the Rocky mountains to the Pacific ocean — W.J.Miller

• cor·dil·le·ran |kȯ(r)d ə l|erən, -l|ye-, (ˈ) ̷ ̷|dilər- adjective

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