Cordillera
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noun.
An extensive chain of mountains or mountain ranges, especially the principal mountain system of a continent.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A continuous ridge or range of mountains.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A mountain ridge or chain.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
An extensive,
continent
-
wide
chain
of
mountains
, especially one in the
Americas
.
noun.
A region of
Canada
, similar to the
Appalachian
, but with mostly new
mountain ranges
.