mountainous

adj.

1. Having many mountains.
2. Resembling a mountain in size; huge: mountainous waves.

adjective

Of extraordinary size and power: behemoth, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast. Informal walloping. Slang whopping. See big/small/amount.

IN BRIEF: Full of tall ranges. Also: Very large.

Many of the countries in Asia are very mountainous.

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: having hills and crags
  Synonyms: cragged, craggy, hilly

Meaning #2: like a mountain in size and impressiveness

Meaning #3: containing many mountains

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - bjergrig, enorm

Nederlands (Dutch)
bergachtig, reusachtig

Français (French)
adj. - montagneux, (fig) gigantesque

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gebirgig, riesig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ορεινός, βουνίσιος, (μτφ.) θεόρατος, τεράστιος

Italiano (Italian)
montagnoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - montanhoso

Русский (Russian)
гористый, громадный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - montañoso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - bergig, ofantlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
多山的, 巨大的, 如山的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 多山的, 巨大的, 如山的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 산지의, 거대한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 山地の, 山の多い, 山のような, 巨大な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جبلي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮הררי, עצום‬

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