mountain range
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mountain range
- /ˈmaʊn.tɪn ɹeɪndʒ/
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From mountain + range.
noun mountain ranges
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A series of adjoining mountains, often in a line.
For the first 60 miles from Padang Besar, the railway passes through a succession of rice fields, with villages at regular intervals, but then crosses a jungle-clad mountain range to reach the west coast.
Similar: Note: Names of mountain ranges often simply use the plural of a name for an indi, highlands, hills, mountains, etc. See Thesaurus:mountain. Also, in informal usage that part is often omitted entirely, and the first part pluralized: the Rocky Mountains can be called the Rockies., mountain chain, mountain range, range
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noun line of mountains
| Español | cordillera, sierra |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 산맥 sanmaek |
| 日本語 | 山脈 sanmyaku |
| 中文 | 山脈 /山脉 shānmài |
| हिन्दी | पर्वतमाला parvatmālā, पर्वत शृंखला parvat śŕṅkhlā, पर्वतश्रेणी parvataśreṇī |
| Kiswahili | safu ya milima |
| Português | cordilheira |
| Français | chaine de montagnes, cordillère |
| Deutsch | Gebirgskette |
| Ελληνικά | οροσειρά oroseirá |
| Română | catenă, lanț montan, lanț muntos |
| Русский | го́рный хребе́т górnyj xrebét, го́рная цепь górnaja cepʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | dãy núi |
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