Phrase guide

mountain range

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈmaʊn.tɪn ɹeɪndʒ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A series of adjoining mountains, often in a line.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a series of hills or mountains

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the valley was between two ranges of hills
  • the plains lay just beyond the mountain range

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: geological formation, formation

Narrower terms: Adirondacks, Adirondack Mountains, Admiralty Range, Alaska Range, Alleghenies, Allegheny Mountains, Alps, the Alps, Altai Mountains, Altay Mountains, Andes, Apennines, Appalachians, Appalachian Mountains, Atlas Mountains, Australian Alps, Balkans, Balkan Mountains, Balkan Mountain Range, Berkshires, Berkshire Hills, Black Hills, Blue Ridge Mountains, Blue Ridge, Cantabrian Mountains, Carpathians, Carpathian Mountains, Cascades, Cascade Range, Cascade Mountains, Catskills, Catskill Mountains, Caucasus, Caucasus Mountains, Coast Range, Coast Mountains, Cumberland Mountains, Cumberland Plateau, Dolomite Alps, Great Dividing Range, Eastern Highlands, Great Smoky Mountains, Green Mountains, Guadalupe Mountains, Himalayas, Himalaya Mountains, Himalaya, Hindu Kush, Hindu Kush Mountains, Karakoram, Karakoram Range, Karakorum Range, Mustagh, Mustagh Range, Kunlun, Kunlan Shan, Kunlun Mountains, Kuenlun, Kuenlun Mountains, Mesabi Range, Mount Carmel, Nan Ling, Ozarks, Ozark Mountains, Ozark Plateau, Pamir Mountains, the Pamirs, Pyrenees, Rhodope Mountains, Rockies, Rocky Mountains, Sacramento Mountains, San Juan Mountains, Sayan Mountains, Selkirk Mountains, sierra, Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada Mountains, High Sierra, St. Elias Range, St. Elias Mountains, Taconic Mountains, Teton Range, Tien Shan, Tyan Shan, Transylvanian Alps, Tyrolean Alps, Urals, Ural Mountains

History

Etymology

From mountain + range.

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: gebergte — line of mountains
  • Armenian: լեռնաշղթա (leṙnašġtʻa) — line of mountains
  • Azerbaijani: dağ silsiləsi — line of mountains
  • Bengali: পর্বতমালা (porbotmala) — line of mountains
  • Catalan: serra — line of mountains
  • Catalan: serralada — line of mountains
  • Chinese Mandarin: 山脈 /山脉 (shānmài) — line of mountains
  • Czech: pohoří — line of mountains
  • Czech: horské pásmo — line of mountains
  • Danish: bjergkæde — line of mountains
  • Dutch: gebergte — line of mountains
  • Esperanto: montaro — line of mountains
  • Finnish: vuorijono — line of mountains
  • French: chaine de montagnes — line of mountains
  • French: cordillère — line of mountains
  • Galician: corda — line of mountains
  • Galician: serra — line of mountains
  • Galician: cordal — line of mountains
  • Galician: fial — line of mountains
  • Georgian: მთაგრეხილი (mtagrexili) — line of mountains
  • German: Gebirgskette — line of mountains
  • Greek: οροσειρά (oroseirá) — line of mountains
  • Hindi: पर्वतमाला (parvatmālā) — line of mountains
  • Hindi: पर्वत शृंखला (parvat śŕṅkhlā) — line of mountains
  • Hindi: पर्वतश्रेणी (parvataśreṇī) — line of mountains
  • Hungarian: hegylánc — line of mountains
  • Hungarian: hegyvonulat — line of mountains
  • Hungarian: hegység — line of mountains
  • Icelandic: fjallgarður — line of mountains
  • Indonesian: pegunungan — line of mountains
  • Indonesian: pergunungan — line of mountains
  • Old Irish: slíab — line of mountains
  • Japanese: 山脈 (sanmyaku) — line of mountains
  • Kazakh: таулы үстірт (tauly üstırt) — line of mountains
  • Korean: 산맥 (sanmaek) — line of mountains
  • Lithuanian: kalnãgūbris — line of mountains
  • Macedonian: планински венец (planinski venec) — line of mountains
  • Macedonian: планинска верига (planinska veriga) — line of mountains
  • Malay: banjaran gunung — line of mountains
  • Manchu: ᠠᠯᡳᡵᡝᠨ (aliren) — line of mountains
  • Māori: paemaunga — line of mountains
  • Marathi: पर्वतरांग (parvatrāṅga) — line of mountains
  • Mingrelian: ქჷნდჷრი (kəndəri) — line of mountains
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fjellkjede — line of mountains
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fjellkjede — line of mountains
  • Polish: pasmo górskie — line of mountains
  • Portuguese: cordilheira — line of mountains
  • Romanian: catenă — line of mountains
  • Romanian: lanț montan — line of mountains
  • Romanian: lanț muntos — line of mountains
  • Russian: го́рный хребе́т (górnyj xrebét) — line of mountains
  • Russian: го́рная цепь (górnaja cepʹ) — line of mountains
  • Sicilian: serra — line of mountains
  • Spanish: cordillera — line of mountains
  • Spanish: sierra — line of mountains
  • Swahili: safu ya milima — line of mountains
  • Swedish: bergskedja — line of mountains
  • Tagalog: bulubundukin — line of mountains
  • Tagalog: tagaytay — line of mountains
  • Thai: เทือกเขา (tʉ̂ʉak-kǎo) — line of mountains
  • Ottoman Turkish: سلسلهٔ جبال (silsile-i cibal) — line of mountains
  • Ukrainian: гірськи́й хребе́т (hirsʹkýj xrebét) — line of mountains
  • Vietnamese: dãy núi — line of mountains