Feminine

cordillera

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La   cordillera   comprende   las   prefecturas   de   Arcadia Laconia   y   Mesenia .

The mountain range comprises the prefectures of Arcadia, Laconia and Messenia.

Meaning

  1. (feminine) cordillera (extensive mountain range)
  2. (South-America, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine) ellipsis of cordillera de los Andes

Concepts

chain of mountains

mountain region

mountain ridge

range of mountains

range of hills

mountain system

Frequency

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Hyphenated as
cor‧di‧lle‧ra
Pronounced as (IPA)
/koɾdiˈʝeɾa/
Etymology

In summary

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

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