Andes

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See also: andes, andés, and ändes

English

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Etymology

From Spanish Andes, perhaps from Quechua anti (“east”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ănʹdēz, IPA(key): /ˈæn.diːz/
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Proper noun

the Andes

  1. Synonym of Andes Mountains

Derived terms

Translations

See also: Andes Mountains

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Catalan

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Andes, from Quechua anti (“east”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Andes m pl (plural only)

  1. Andes (a mountain range in South America)

Dutch

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Andes, or alternatively Latin Andes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑn.dɛs/, /ˈɑn.dəs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: An‧des

Proper noun

de Andes pl

  1. the Andes
    • 1596, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien 1579-1592, Vol. 3, C.P. Burger & F.W.T. Hunger (eds.), Martinus Nijhoff (publ. 1934), page 176.
      Soo zijn dan die grensen oost ende zuyden Argyropolis, nae den nederganck die zuyder Zee, nae't noorden die Province Pastoa, dit landt wordt afghedeelt in driederley deelen, in Planitiem, Sierras, Andes, dat is in even ofte plat landt aen die Zee ligghende, in berghen ofte in berghachtighe landen, die midden door't landt strecken, ende in Peru over het gheberchte nae't oosten.
      The borders are like this: to the east and south Argyropolis (name of a river), to the descent to the south the sea, to the north the Province Pastoa, this land is divided into three parts, into Planitiem, Sierras, Andes, that is into level or flat land lying next to the sea, into mountains or into mountainous lands, that range across the middle of the lands, and into Pery over the mountains to the east.

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French

Etymology

Calque of Spanish Andes.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

les Andes f pl (plural only)

  1. Synonym of cordillère des Andes (“Andes”)

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Galician

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Proper noun

Andes m pl

  1. Andes

Further reading

Latin

Etymology 1

From *ande-

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Andēs m pl (genitive Andium); third declension

  1. alternative form of Andecāvī (a Gallic tribe in the region of present-day Anjou)
Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.

plural
nominative Andēs
genitive Andium
dative Andibus
accusative Andēs
Andīs
ablative Andibus
vocative Andēs

References

Etymology 2

From Spanish Andes, perhaps from Quechua andi (“high crest”)

Proper noun

Andēs f pl (genitive Andium); third declension

  1. (New Latin) Andes (a mountain range in South America).
Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.

plural
nominative Andēs
genitive Andium
dative Andibus
accusative Andēs
Andīs
ablative Andibus
vocative Andēs

Portuguese

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Andes, from Quechua andi.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: An‧des

Proper noun

Andes m pl

  1. Andes (a mountain range in South America)

Derived terms

Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua anti (“east”). More at Andes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈandes/
  • Rhymes: -andes
  • Syllabification: An‧des

Proper noun

los Andes m pl

  1. the Andes

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