cordillera
/kɔːdɪˈljeərə/noun
- a system or group of parallel mountain ranges together with the intervening plateaux and other features, especially in the Andes or the Rockies（尤指安第斯山脉和落基山脉的）雁列山脉。
词源
early 18th cent.: from Spanish, from cordilla, diminutive of cuerda 'cord', from Latin chorda （see CORD）.