Andes Mountains

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Andes Mountains

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

proper noun the Andes Mountains

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

    Similar: Andean Mountain Range, Andean Mountains, Andes

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name mountain range

Españolcordillera de los Andes
한국어안데스 산맥 Andeseu sanmaek
日本語アンデス山脈 Andesu-sanmyaku
中文安地斯山脈 /安地斯山脉 Āndìsī shānmài
हिन्दीआंदेस पर्वतमाला āndes parvatmālā
Françaiscordillère des Andes

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@misc{andes_mountains_2026,
  title = {Andes Mountains},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/andes%20mountains},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}