a. [f. Andes name of the principal mountain range of S. America + -AN.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Andes.
1839. Bailey, Festus (1848), 39/1. Some Andean chain Of shadowy rolling mountains, based on air.
1861. L. Noble, After Icebergs, 69. Sketched the surrounding scenery … for the sake of comparison with some of his Andean pencillings.
