Andes
English
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish Andes, perhaps from Quechua andi (“high crest”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editthe Andes
- A mountain range in western South America.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editmountain range in South America
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editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish Andes, from Quechua andi (“high crest”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editAndes m pl (plural only)
Related terms
editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish Andes, or alternatively Latin Andes.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editde 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
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editFrench
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editAndes f pl (plural only)
- the Andes
Anagrams
editGalician
editProper noun
editAndes m pl
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “Andes”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Latin
editEtymology 1
editFrom *ande-
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈan.deːs/, [ˈän̪d̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈan.des/, [ˈän̪d̪es]
Proper noun
editAndēs m pl (genitive Andium); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.
Case | Plural |
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Nominative | Andēs |
Genitive | Andium |
Dative | Andibus |
Accusative | Andēs Andīs |
Ablative | Andibus |
Vocative | Andēs |
References
edit- “Andes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2
editFrom Spanish Andes, perhaps from Quechua andi (“high crest”)
Proper noun
editAndēs f pl (genitive Andium); third declension
- (New Latin) Andes (a mountain range in South America).
Declension
editThird-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Andēs |
Genitive | Andium |
Dative | Andibus |
Accusative | Andēs Andīs |
Ablative | Andibus |
Vocative | Andēs |
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish Andes, from Quechua andi.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: An‧des
Proper noun
editAndes m pl
- Andes (a mountain range in South America)
Derived terms
editSpanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Quechua andi (“high crest”). More at Andes.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editlos Andes m pl
- the Andes
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