English-Thai Dictionary
cordillera
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CORDILLERA
Cor *dil "ler *a (kr-dl "lr-; Sp. kr `d-ly "r ), n. Etym: [Sp. , fr. OSp.cordilla, cordiella, dim. of cuerda a rope, string. See Cord. ] (Geol.)
Defn: A mountain ridge or chain.
Note: Cordillera is sometimes applied, in geology, to the system of mountain chains near the border of a continent; thus, the western cordillera of North America in the United States includes the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada, Coast and Cascade ranges.
New American Oxford Dictionary
cordillera
cor dil le ra |ˌkôrdlˈ (y )erə ˌkɔrdlˈjɛrə | ▶noun a system or group of parallel mountain ranges together with the intervening plateaus and other features, esp. in the Andes or the Rockies. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Spanish, from cordilla, diminutive of cuerda ‘cord, ’ from Latin chorda (see cord ).
Oxford Dictionary
cordillera
cordillera |ˌkɔːdɪˈljɛːrə | ▶noun a system or group of parallel mountain ranges together with the intervening plateaux and other features, especially in the Andes or the Rockies. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Spanish, from cordilla, diminutive of cuerda ‘cord ’, from Latin chorda (see cord ).
Spanish Dictionary
cordillera
cordillera nombre femenino Conjunto de montañas alineadas a lo largo de un eje que forman una unidad :la cordillera de los Andes; la cordillera del Himalaya .SINÓNIMO cadena .
cordillerano, -na
cordillerano, -na adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino 1 Amér [persona ] Que es originario del área de la cordillera, especialmente la de los Andes :los cordilleranos aprecian mejor la claridad del cielo a la noche .2 adjetivo Amér Relativo a la cordillera :clima cordillerano .
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