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An⋅des

  [an-deez]
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–noun (used with a plural verb)
a mountain range in W South America, extending ab. 4500 mi. (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 ft. (6960 m).
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An·des   (ān'dēz)   
A mountain system of western South America extending more than 8,045 km (5,000 mi) along the Pacific coast from Venezuela to Tierra del Fuego. The Andes rise at many points to more than 6,710 m (22,000 ft).
An'de·an (ān'dē-ən, ān-dē'ən) adj. & n.
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Andes [(an-deez)]

Mountain system in South America running over 4,500 miles along the entire length of South America's Pacific Ocean coast.

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Word Origin & History

Andes 
from Quechua andi "high crest."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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