cordillera

See also: Cordillera

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔː(ɹ)dɪˈljɛəɹə/, /ˌkɔː(ɹ)diˈɛəɹə/

Noun

cordillera (plural cordilleras)

1. (geography) An extensive, continent-wide chain of mountains, especially one in the Americas.

   Meronym: sierra

Derived terms

• American Cordillera
• Arctic Cordillera
• Pacific Cordillera
• Western Cordillera

Related terms

• cordilleran / Cordilleran

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koɾdiˈʝeɾa/ [koɾ.ð̞iˈʝe.ɾa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /koɾdiˈʝeɾa/ [koɾ.ð̞iˈʝe.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /koɾdiˈʎeɾa/ [koɾ.ð̞iˈʎe.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /koɾdiˈʃeɾa/ [koɾ.ð̞iˈʃe.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /koɾdiˈʒeɾa/ [koɾ.ð̞iˈʒe.ɾa]

• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: cor‧di‧lle‧ra

Noun

cordillera f (plural cordilleras)

1. (geography) mountain range, cordillera

   Synonym: sierra

Derived terms

• cordillera de los Andes

 

Descendants

• → English: cordillera

Further reading

• “cordillera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16