cordillera

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Definition of cordillera in English English dictionary: A region of Canada, similar to the Appalachian, but with mostly new mountain ranges; An extensive, continent-wide chain of mountains, especially one in the Americas; An extensive chain of mountains or mountain ranges, especially the principal mountain system of a continent; A mountain ridge or chain; {i} mountain range, chain of mountains; A physical region of Canada, similar to the Appalachian, but with mostly new mountain ranges
Cordilleras: {i} complex of mountain ranges (in western North America, Mexico, Central America and South America) extending from Alaska to Cape Horn (Geography)
cordilleras: plural of cordillera

cordillera

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cor·dil·le·ra

() Spanish, from Old Spanish cordilla, cordiella, diminutive of cuerda (“a rope, string”). See cord.

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