Andean
adjective
of or like the Andes.
trans-Andean
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a word derived from
Andean.
Example Sentences
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For three-quarters of a century, the people of the region have loudly demanded a trans-Andean railway; for more than a quarter of a century they have been building it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Peru put particularly heavy hopes on the prospects in the trans-Andean jungle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here they connect with the trans-Andean cable and telephone lines.
From Time Magazine Archive
The central fact in Matthiessen's fiction is a tribe of Indians who live in Peru's trans-Andean jungles as they have lived since the morning of the world.
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The present Indian population of Ecuador, excepting those of the trans-Andean region, may be considered as descendants of these two races.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
