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cordillera |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cordillera \Cor*dil"ler*a\ (k?r-d?l"l?r-?; Sp k?r`d?-ly?"r?), n. [Sp., fr OSp. cordilla, cordiella dim. of cuerda a rope, string. See {Cord}.] (Geol.) A mountain ridge or chain. Note: Cordillera is sometimes applied, in geology, to the system of mountain chains near the border of a continent; thus the western cordillera of North America in the United States includes the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada, Coast and Cascade ranges.