"cordillera" meaning in English

See cordillera in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌkɔː(ɹ)dɪˈljɛəɹə/, /ˌkɔː(ɹ)diˈɛəɹə/ Forms: cordilleras [plural]
Etymology: From Spanish cordillera, from Old Spanish cordilla, cordiella, diminutive of cuerda (“a rope, string”). See cord. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|cordillera}} Spanish cordillera, {{der|en|osp|cordilla}} Old Spanish cordilla Head templates: {{en-noun}} cordillera (plural cordilleras)
  1. (geography) An extensive, continent-wide chain of mountains, especially one in the Americas. Wikipedia link: cordillera Categories (topical): Geography Derived forms: American Cordillera, Arctic Cordillera, Pacific Cordillera, Western Cordillera Related terms: cordilleran, Cordilleran
    Sense id: en-cordillera-en-noun-bDS~S0jH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Topics: geography, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "cordillera"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish cordillera",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "osp",
        "3": "cordilla"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Spanish cordilla",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Spanish cordillera, from Old Spanish cordilla, cordiella, diminutive of cuerda (“a rope, string”). See cord.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cordilleras",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cordillera (plural cordilleras)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Geography",
          "orig": "en:Geography",
          "parents": [
            "Earth sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "American Cordillera"
        },
        {
          "word": "Arctic Cordillera"
        },
        {
          "word": "Pacific Cordillera"
        },
        {
          "word": "Western Cordillera"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Meronym: sierra"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An extensive, continent-wide chain of mountains, especially one in the Americas."
      ],
      "id": "en-cordillera-en-noun-bDS~S0jH",
      "links": [
        [
          "geography",
          "geography"
        ],
        [
          "continent",
          "continent"
        ],
        [
          "wide",
          "wide"
        ],
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ],
        [
          "mountain",
          "mountain"
        ],
        [
          "America",
          "America"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geography) An extensive, continent-wide chain of mountains, especially one in the Americas."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "cordilleran"
        },
        {
          "word": "Cordilleran"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "cordillera"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌkɔː(ɹ)dɪˈljɛəɹə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌkɔː(ɹ)diˈɛəɹə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cordillera"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "American Cordillera"
    },
    {
      "word": "Arctic Cordillera"
    },
    {
      "word": "Pacific Cordillera"
    },
    {
      "word": "Western Cordillera"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "cordillera"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish cordillera",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "osp",
        "3": "cordilla"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Spanish cordilla",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Spanish cordillera, from Old Spanish cordilla, cordiella, diminutive of cuerda (“a rope, string”). See cord.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cordilleras",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cordillera (plural cordilleras)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cordilleran"
    },
    {
      "word": "Cordilleran"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Spanish",
        "English terms derived from Old Spanish",
        "English terms derived from Spanish",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Geography"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Meronym: sierra"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An extensive, continent-wide chain of mountains, especially one in the Americas."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "geography",
          "geography"
        ],
        [
          "continent",
          "continent"
        ],
        [
          "wide",
          "wide"
        ],
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ],
        [
          "mountain",
          "mountain"
        ],
        [
          "America",
          "America"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geography) An extensive, continent-wide chain of mountains, especially one in the Americas."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "cordillera"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌkɔː(ɹ)dɪˈljɛəɹə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌkɔː(ɹ)diˈɛəɹə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cordillera"
}

Download raw JSONL data for cordillera meaning in English (1.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (e4a2c88 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.