Andean
adjective
of or like the Andes.
trans-Andean
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a word derived from
Andean.
Example Sentences
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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.
From Time Magazine Archive
The long-sought Cordillera Libre, a sort of limited trans-Andean customs union,* was established.
From Time Magazine Archive
The symbol of his dreams for Peru was a new highway cutting into the trans-Andean forests, each mile of roadway completed opening up 3,500 acres of land.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was dead set against the limited trans-Andean customs union that the treaty would set up.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was thought possible, and even probable, from the stories told by the natives, that the head of the Pichis river would be found well suited for being the eastern terminus of the trans-Andean railway.
From Life of Rear Admiral John Randolph Tucker by James Henry Rochelle
