"mountain chain" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mountain chains [plural]
Etymology: mountain + chain Etymology templates: {{com|en|mountain|chain}} mountain + chain Head templates: {{en-noun}} mountain chain (plural mountain chains)
  1. (geography) A series of mountain ranges stretching across a continent. Categories (topical): Geography Categories (place): Landforms Translations (a series of mountain ranges): bjergkæde [common-gender] (Danish), montaro (Esperanto), vuorijono (Finnish), chaîne de montagnes [feminine] (French), cadea montañosa [feminine] (Galician), მთაგრეხილი (mtagrexili) (Georgian), Bergkette [feminine] (German), Gebirgskette [feminine] (German), Gebirgszug [masculine] (German), hegylánc (Hungarian), hegyvonulat (Hungarian), hegység (Hungarian), catena montuosa [feminine] (Italian), giogaia [feminine] (Italian), fjellkjede [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fjellkjede [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), łańcuch górski [masculine] (Polish), serra (Portuguese), cadeia montanhosa [feminine] (Portuguese), cadeia de montanhas [feminine] (Portuguese), cadena de montañas [feminine] (Spanish), bergskedja [common-gender] (Swedish), fjällkedja [common-gender] (Swedish), rezakoy (Zazaki)

Inflected forms

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