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Etymology

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From mountain +‎ range.

Noun

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mountain range (plural mountain ranges)

  1. (geography) A series of adjoining mountains, often in a line.
    • 1955 April, “Notes and News: A Journey through Thailand”, in Railway Magazine, page 287:
      For the first 60 miles from Padang Besar, the railway passes through a succession of rice fields, with villages at regular intervals, but then crosses a jungle-clad mountain range to reach the west coast.

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