Andes
See also: andes, andés, and ändes
English
Etymology
From Spanish Andes, perhaps from Quechua andi (“high crest”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ănʹdēz, IPA(key): /ˈæn.diːz/
Audio (UK) (file)
Proper noun
the Andes
- A mountain range in western South America.
Derived terms
- Andean
- andesine
- andesite
- Lake Andes
Translations
mountain range in South America
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Anagrams
- DNase, Danes, Deans, Denas, Sande, Sedan, Sedna, Snead, deans, nades, sedan, snead
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈan.dəs/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈan.des/
Proper noun
Andes m pl
- Andes
Related terms
- andí
Dutch
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
- the Andes [from late 16th c.]
- 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.
- 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.
Derived terms
- andesvos
Anagrams
- danse
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃d/
- Rhymes: -ɑ̃d
Proper noun
Andes f pl
- the Andes
Anagrams
- danse, dansé
Galician
Proper noun
Andes m pl
- Andes
Related terms
- andino
Further reading
- “Andes” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Andes, from Quechua andi.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɐ̃.d͡ʒis/
Proper noun
Andes m pl
- Andes (a mountain range in South America)
Derived terms
- andino
Spanish
Etymology
From Quechua andi (“high crest”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈandes/, [ˈãn̪d̪es]
Proper noun
los Andes m pl
- the Andes
Derived terms
- andesina
- andesita
- andino
Anagrams
- danés
- densa
- nades
- sedan
- sedán
- senda