mountainous
Example Sentences
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That represents an enormous demographic shift for a small, mountainous country.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Ipsos showed Fujimori dominating the capital Lima, carrying the urban vote and the coast, while Sánchez swept the rural vote and the mountainous Andes regions.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
The company takes its name from a mountainous region spanning Argentina and Chile.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
Bundibugyo is one of four species or strains of Ebola known to infect humans, named after a mountainous district in Uganda where the first outbreak took place in 2007.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
“U.S. Air Force planes circled over the mountainous wilds of southeastern Turkey today searching for an experimental jet plane that vanished with its pilot three days ago,” the article began.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing mountainous
South America - Middle School
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Eastern Europe - Introductory
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East Asia - Middle School
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