cordillera
See also: Cordillera
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Spanish cordillera, from Old Spanish cordilla, cordiella, diminutive of cuerda (“a rope, string”). See cord.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkɔːdɪlˈjɛəɹə/[1][2]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkoɹdəlˈjɛɹə/, /ˌkoɹdəlˈɛɹə/, /ˌkoɹdɪl-/,[2][3] /ˌkoɹdiˈjɛɹə/
Noun
[edit]cordillera (plural cordilleras)
- (geography) An extensive, continent-wide chain of mountains, especially one in the Americas.
- Meronym: sierra
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References
[edit]- ^ “cordillera”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “cordillera”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
- ^ “cordillera”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish cordilla, cordiella, diminutive of cuerda (“a rope, string”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /koɾdiˈʝeɾa/ [koɾ.ð̞iˈʝe.ɾa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
- IPA(key): /koɾdiˈʎeɾa/ [koɾ.ð̞iˈʎe.ɾa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /koɾdiˈʃeɾa/ [koɾ.ð̞iˈʃe.ɾa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /koɾdiˈʒeɾa/ [koɾ.ð̞iˈʒe.ɾa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
- IPA(key): /koɾdiˈeɾa/ [koɾ.ð̞iˈe.ɾa] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: cor‧di‧lle‧ra
Noun
[edit]cordillera f (plural cordilleras)
- (geography) cordillera (extensive mountain range)
- Synonym: sierra
- (South America) ellipsis of cordillera de los Andes
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: cordillera
- → French: cordillère
- → Italian: cordigliera
- → Portuguese: cordilheira
Further reading
[edit]- “cordillera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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