English Explanatory Dictionary

Andes Mountains

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. One of the world's major mountain ranges stretching along the western end of South America from Colombia to the southern tip of Chile.

Word forms

Andes Mountains the Andes Mountains

Etymology

Compound of Andes + Mountains, Andes from Spanish Andes, perhaps from Quechua andi (“high crest”).

Synonyms

Andean Mountain Range Andean Mountains Andes
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