Jura

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From Vulgar Latin *iuris, a Latinized form of Gaulish *iuris (“wooded mountain”), commonly derived from Proto-Celtic *yor- (“forest”), but this remains speculative, as cognates of this Celtic root remain lacking. More at Jura.

Jura (a mountain range in France and Switzerland)


Alpes

→ Belarusian: А́льпы (Álʹpy)

→ Bulgarian: А́лпи (Álpi)

→ Middle English: Alpes

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English: Alps
→ Hindi: ऐल्प्स (ailps)
→ Japanese: アルプス (Arupusu)
→ Urdu: الپس (alps)

→ Macedonian: А́лпи (Álpi)

→ Ottoman Turkish: آلپ (Alp)

→ Ottoman Turkish: آلپلر (Alpler)

Turkish: Alpler

→ Persian: آلپ (âlp)

→ Romanian: Alpi

→ Russian: А́льпы (Álʹpy)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: Алпи

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Latin script: Ȃlpe, Alpi (Bosnia, Serbia)

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Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)


Atlas

Learned borrowing from Latin Atlas, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).


Andes

cordillère des Andes
cordillère des Andes#French

Synonym of cordillère des Andes (“Andes”)


Pyrénées

→ Ottoman Turkish: پیرنه (Pirene)

→ Ottoman Turkish: پیرنهلر (Pireneler)

Turkish: Pireneler

→ Persian: پیرنه (pirene)

From Latin Pȳrēnaeī montēs, from Ancient Greek Πῡρήνη (Pūrḗnē).

Pyrenees (a mountain range between France and Spain)


volcan

Antillean Creole: vòlkan

Haitian Creole: vòlkan

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→ Irish: bolcán
→ Fingallian: bolcane
→ English: bolcane

→ Turkish: volkan

Probably borrowed through Italian vulcano and Spanish volcán, from Latin Vulcānus (“Vulcan”).


Pangée

Pangaea (supercontinent prior to Triassic)


Pamir

Pamir (a mountain range in Central Asia)


Cervin

Inherited from Middle French Servin, from Old French Selvin, from Late Latin mōns (“mountain”) silvanus (“wooded”). The first letter was changed to a C when Genevan geologist Horace Bénédict de Saussure confused the name with French cerf (“deer”).


Vosges

Vosges (a mountain range in eastern France)


mont Blanc

→ English: Mont Blanc

→ Russian: Монбла́н (Monblán)

Literally, “white mountain”. Cognate to Italian Monte Bianco.


Lozère

Mont Lozère (a mountain, the highest peak in the Cévennes mountain range, in southern France)


Appalaches

Appalachians (a mountain range in North America)


Cynthe

From Latin Cynthus, from Ancient Greek Κύνθος (Kúnthos).


monts Oural

Ural Mountains (mountain range in Russia)


Anavlochos

Borrowed from Greek Ανάβλοχο (Anávlocho).

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Anavlochos (a mountain range in Crete, Grece)


Canigou

Canigou (a mountain the Pyrénées-Orientales department, southern France)


monts San Francisco

San Francisco Peaks
San Francisco Peaks#English

San Francisco Peaks (a mountain range in Coconino County, Arizona, United States).


pics San Francisco

les pics San Francisco (canonical masculine plural)

The San Francisco Peaks (a mountain range in Coconino County, Arizona, United States).


Plantaurel

Meronym: Petites Pyrénées


Petites Pyrénées

les Petites Pyrénées (canonical feminine plural)

Holonym: Plantaurel


Tupungato

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Tupungato, itself from a Huarpean language.

ubor

Tupungato (volcano on the Argentina-Chile border).


djebel Nefoussa

le djebel Nefoussa (canonical masculine)

Meronym: Kabaw

Nafusa Mountains
Nafusa Mountains#English

The Nafusa Mountains (a mountain range in northwestern Libya)


Grand Colombier

le Grand Colombier (canonical masculine)

Holonyms: Bugey, massif du Jura

(A mountain in the Ain department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Colombier

Short for Grand Colombier (a mountain in the Ain department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


cordillère des Andes

la cordillère des Andes (canonical feminine)

Calque of Spanish cordillera de los Andes.

calque

Holonym: cordillère américaine

The Andes Mountains (a mountain range in South America).