" cordillera "

[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"