Andean
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Someone from the Andes.
- 1 Of or pertaining to the Andes mountains in South America. not-comparable
"Under the later Inca professional farms, the whole of the realm from the coast to the upper Amazon River became a flowering centre of plant domestication. More than half of the foods that the world eats today were developed by these Andean farmers. More kinds of food and medicinal plants were systematically cultivated here than in any other area of the world. Among them are potatoes, squash, tomatoes, beans, peanuts, peppers, papaya, cashews, pineapples, chocolate, avocadoes, mulberries, strawberries."
- 1 relating to the Andes and their inhabitants wordnet
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More examples"In this March 2, 2018 photo, an Andean man rests with his llama while tourists take in the natural wonder of Rainbow Mountain in Pitumarca, Peru."
Etymology
From Ande(s) + -an, from Spanish, perhaps from Quechua andi (“high crest”).
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