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Meaning 1
A province of Bolivia. See Cordillera Province (Bolivia).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
cordillera
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Philippines: /koɾ.d̪ɪlˈjɛː.ɾɐ/
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/ˌkɔː(ɹ)dɪˈljɛəɹə/
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/ˌkɔː(ɹ)diˈɛəɹə/
name
Meaning 2
A province of Chile. See Cordillera Province, Chile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 3
A department of Paraguay. See Cordillera Department.
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Meaning 4
A region of the Philippines. See Cordillera Administrative Region.
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noun
Meaning 5
An extensive, continent-wide chain of mountains, especially one in the Americas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, natural-sciences
Examples
- Meronym: sierra
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History
Etymology
From Spanish cordillera, from Old Spanish cordilla, cordiella, diminutive of cuerda (“a rope, string”). See cord.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Ilocano: Kordilyera — Cordillera Administrative Region
- Kankanaey: Kordilyera — Cordillera Administrative Region
- Tagalog: Kordilyera — Cordillera Administrative Region
- Chinese Mandarin: 山系 (shānxì) — Translations
- French: cordillère — Translations
- German: Kordilleren — Translations
- Spanish: cordillera — Translations
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