ANDES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Andes mean? 

• ANDES (noun)
  The noun ANDES has 1 sense:

1. a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast

  Familiarity information: ANDES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANDES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)

Meronyms (parts of "Andes"):

Galan (a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high))

Yerupaja (a mountain peak in the Andes in Peru (21,709 feet high))

Tupungato (a mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,310 feet high))

Sajama (a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high))

Pissis (a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,241 feet high))

Ojos del Salado (a mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,572 feet high))

Nacimiento (a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,302 feet high))

Mercedario (a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,210 feet high))

Llullaillaco (a mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,057 feet high))

Laudo (a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (20,997 feet high))

Illimani (a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,201 feet high))

Illampu (a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,870 feet high))

Huascaran (a mountain in the Andes in Peru (22,205 feet high))

El Muerto (a mountain peak in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (21,457 feet high))

El Libertador (a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high))

Coropuna (a mountain peak in the Andes in Peru (21,083 feet high))

Chimborazo (a mountain peak in the Andes in Ecuador (20,560 feet high))

Cachi (a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high))

Bonete (a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,546 feet high))

Ancohuma (a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,960 feet high))

Aconcagua (the highest mountain in the western hemisphere; located in the Andes in western Argentina (22,834 feet high))

Holonyms ("Andes" is a part of...):

Argentina; Argentine Republic (a republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America)

Chile; Republic of Chile (a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast)

Colombia; Republic of Colombia (a republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1821 under the leadership of Simon Bolivar; Spanish is the official language)

Ecuador; Republic of Ecuador (a republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes)

Bolivia; Republic of Bolivia (a landlocked republic in central South America; Simon Bolivar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spain)

Peru; Republic of Peru (a republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries)

Derivation:

Andean (relating to the Andes and their inhabitants)

 Context examples 

Penitentes are present on Earth and grow to between 1 to 5 metres tall, but they are restricted to high-altitude tropical and subtropical conditions, such as in the Andes.

(Icy Warning for Space Missions to Jupiter's Moon, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This effect has been observed over the Andes Mountains here on Earth and may also be happening elsewhere in the outer solar system, though it has not been directly observed.

(Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Likely a Massive Heat Source, NASA)

A member of the Chinchillidae family of crepuscular rodents native to the Andes mountains in South America.

(Chinchilla, NCI Thesaurus)

I would have made a pilgrimage to the highest peak of the Andes, could I, when there, have precipitated him to their base.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Mountains can change the circulation of our atmosphere and in turn lead to a changing climate, but in this case, the Andes didn't have a major part.

(Six million years ago, atmospheric shifts led to increased diversity of grassland mammals, National Science Foundation)

Rare species tend to cluster in a handful of hotspots, such as the Northern Andes in South America, Costa Rica, South Africa, Madagascar and Southeast Asia.

(Nearly 40% of plant species are very rare, and vulnerable to climate change, National Science Foundation)

Scientists sequenced the DNA from two different species of Heliconius butterflies which live either side of the Andes mountains in Colombia.

(Butterflies are genetically wired to choose a mate that looks just like them, University of Cambridge)

Located in the Peruvian Andes, Ubinas has shown signs of an impending eruption since the mid-2013, highlighted by the appearance of a fresh lava dome in March 2014.

(Fresh lava arrives at Ubinas volcano, NASA)

The Amazon river changed course to the Atlantic between one and nine million years ago with the rise of the Andes mountain range, and this could explain why fish diversity is still concentrated west of the river.

(Amazon fish ‘face new threats’, SciDev.Net)

Indeed, whatever being uttered that fearful shriek could not soon repeat it: not the widest-winged condor on the Andes could, twice in succession, send out such a yell from the cloud shrouding his eyrie.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)