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    [Noun]  | "cor*dil*le*ra" | \ ˌkȯr-dᵊl-ˈyer-ə \


    1: a system of mountain ranges often consisting of a number of more or less parallel chains


    Origin: 1704 ;

     Borrowed from Spanish, from cuerda "string, rope, line of mountain peaks" (going back to Latin chorda, corda "tripe, string of a musical instrument") + -ill-, diminutive suffix (going back to Latin -illus) + -era, suffix of place (going back to Latin -āria, feminine of -ārius {see: |-ary:1|-ary:1}) {mat|cord:1|cord:1};

      * Note : Spanish cordillera is apparently not formed directly from cordilla "tripe used as animal food," or from dialectal cordal "mountain chain.";

    [Geographical name]  | "Cor*dil*le*ra Cen*tral" | \ ˌkȯr-dᵊl-ˈyer-ə-ˌsen-ˈträl \


    1: range of the Andes Mountains in Colombia

    2: range of the Andes Mountains in Peru east of the Marañón River

    3: chief mountain range of the Dominican Republic

    [Geographical name]  | "Cordillera de Mé*ri*da" | \ t͟hā-ˈmā-rē-ˌt͟hä \


    1: mountain range of western Venezuela

    [Noun]  | "cordillera" 


    1: as in range, sierra;




     [ "cordillera" ]

    1: a system or group of parallel mountain ranges together with the intervening plateaux and other features, especially in the Andes or the Rockies.

      * e.g.,  ... Its situation near the high cordillera gives it a cold, changeable climate. 

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