cordillera
pronunciation
How to pronounce cordillera in British English:
UK [,kɔːdɪ'ljeərə]
How to pronounce cordillera in American English:
US [ ,kɔr'dɪlərə]
Word Origin
- cordillera (n.)
- 1704, from Spanish, "mountain chain," from cordilla, in Old Spanish "string, rope," diminutive of cuerda, from Latin chorda "cord, rope" (see cord).
Example
- 1. Found in the central cordillera of irian jaya .
- 2. Hill country living in cordillera ranch .
- 3. Gracious home sits in private cordillera setting .
- 4. The tangerine-colored yellow dyer rainfrog ( diasporuscitrinobapheus ) makes its home in the cordillera central in western panama .
- 5. Spatial patterns of preinstrumental moisture variability in the southern canadian cordillera .