andean

«andean» in Mova's school dictionary: Andean describes the Andes, the long chain of mountains… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (Andean); noun (an Andean, Andeans)

meaning for a pupil

Andean describes the Andes, the long chain of mountains along the west of South America, or the people and things from there. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and history lessons, Andean countries include Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia and Argentina. The Inca Empire was an Andean civilisation with Machu Picchu. Andean animals include llamas, alpacas, vicunas and the Andean condor. Andean farmers grow potatoes and quinoa on terraces.

examples

• The Andean condor is one of the largest flying birds. tree →
• Llamas carry loads on Andean paths. tree →
• The Incas were an Andean people. tree →
• Potatoes first came from the Andean region. tree →
• Andean music uses pan pipes. tree →
• The Andean mountains are very high and cold. tree →

note

Usually with a capital A. Said an-DEE-un or AN-dee-un. Comes from Andes.

In the corpora

• The Potosí mine was worked under the Spanish mita forced-labour system, in which many Indigenous Andean workers died.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «andean» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.