cordillera
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See also: Cordillera
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Spanish cordillera, from Old Spanish cordilla, cordiella, diminutive of cuerda (“a rope, string”). See cord.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cordillera (plural cordilleras)
- (geography) An extensive, continent-wide chain of mountains, especially one in the Americas.
- Meronym: sierra
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish cordilla, cordiella, diminutive of cuerda (“a rope, string”). See English cord.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /koɾdiˈʝeɾa/ [koɾ.ð̞iˈʝe.ɾa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /koɾdiˈʎeɾa/ [koɾ.ð̞iˈʎe.ɾa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /koɾdiˈʃeɾa/ [koɾ.ð̞iˈʃe.ɾa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /koɾdiˈʒeɾa/ [koɾ.ð̞iˈʒe.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: cor‧di‧lle‧ra
Noun
[edit]cordillera f (plural cordilleras)
- (geography) mountain range, cordillera
- Synonym: sierra
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: cordillera
Further reading
[edit]- “cordillera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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