Cordillera Definition

kôrdl-yârə, kôr-dĭlər-ə
noun
A mountain range or a series of parallel mountain ranges that are usually the principal mountain system of a continent.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cordillera

Noun

Singular:
cordillera
Plural:
Cordilleras

Origin of Cordillera

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Spanish from cordilla diminutive of cuerda cord from Latin chorda cord

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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