cordillerana

Cordillerana is the feminine form of the Spanish adjective cordillerano, used to indicate relation to a cordillera, a major mountain range. In geography, ecology, and regional studies, cordillerana describes features, climates, flora, or fauna associated with mountain systems such as the Andes, the Sierra Madre, or other cordilleras. As a noun, cordillerana can refer to a woman from a cordilleran region, though the masculine form cordillerano is also used.

The term derives from cordillera, meaning mountain range in Spanish. It is primarily used in Spanish-language contexts; its English equivalents include Cordilleran or Cordilleran-related, depending on regional usage. In geology, Cordilleran can refer to a specific tectonic context, such as the Cordilleran orogeny in western North America, illustrating how cordillerana-like terms cross linguistic boundaries but do not always align in scope.

See also: Cordillera; Andes; Cordilleran; Cordillera Central. Examples of usage include fauna cordillerana or clima cordillerano to denote mountain-range-specific biodiversity or climate.