La Paz

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lə ˈpæz/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

La Paz

2. The capital city of Bolivia.
3. A department in Bolivia. Capital: La Paz.
4. The capital of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur.
5. A ghost town in La Paz County, Arizona, United States.
6. A neighbourhood of Keene, Kern County, California, United States.
7. A town in North Township, Marshall County, Indiana, United States, named after the Bolivian city.
8. A department of El Salvador

Derived terms

• La Paz County

Translations

capital city of Bolivia

• Arabic: لَابَاز f (lābāz)
• Armenian: Լա Պաս (hy) (La Pas)
• Asturian: La Paz (ast)
• Aymara: Chuqiyapu
• Belarusian: Ла-Па́с m (La-Pás)
• Bulgarian: Ла Пас m (La Pas)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉巴斯 (zh) (Lābāsī)

• Czech: La Paz (cs)
• Esperanto: La-Pazo
• French: La Paz (fr) f
• German: La Paz (de)
• Greek: Λα Παζ (La Paz)
• Hindi: ला पाज़ m (lā pāz)
• Interlingua: La Paz
• Italian: La Paz f
• Japanese: ラパス (ja) (Rapasu)
• Khmer: ឡាប៉ាស (km) (laapaah)
• Korean: 라파스 (Rapaseu)
• Maltese: La Paz
• Marathi: ला पाझ n (lā pājh), ला पास n (lā pās)
• Persian: لاپاز (lâpâz)
• Polish: La Paz (pl) n
• Portuguese: La Paz f
• Russian: Ла-Па́с (ru) m (La-Pás)
• Spanish: La Paz (es) f
• Thai: ลาปาซ (laa-bpáas)
• Ukrainian: Ла-Па́с m (La-Pás)
• Vietnamese: La Pa-xơ

Anagrams

• Plaza, plaza

Cebuano

Proper noun

La Paz

1. A barangay of Bogo, Cebu, Philippines

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:La Paz.

Polish

La Paz

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish La Paz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la pas/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

La Paz n (indeclinable)

1. La Paz (the capital and largest city of Bolivia)
2. La Paz (a department of Bolivia)

Further reading

• La Paz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• La Paz in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Proper noun

La Paz f

1. La Paz (the capital city of Bolivia)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /la ˈpaθ/ [la ˈpaθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /la ˈpas/ [la ˈpas]

• Audio (Mexico):

  (file)

• Syllabification: La Paz

Proper noun

La Paz f

1. La Paz (the capital city of Bolivia)
2. La Paz (a department of Bolivia)
3. La Paz (a department of Honduras)
4. La Paz (a city, the department capital of the La Paz department, Honduras)
5. La Paz (a department of El Salvador)
6. La Paz (the capital city of Baja California Sur, Mexico)

Related terms

• paceño

 

See also

• Sucre

Anagrams

• plaza

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish La Paz, from la paz (“the peace”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /la ˈpas/ [lɐ ˈpas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: La Paz

Proper noun

La Paz (Baybayin spelling ᜎ ᜉᜐ᜔)

1. several locations in the Philippines:
   1. La Paz (a municipality of Abra, Philippines)
   2. La Paz (a municipality of Leyte, Philippines)
   3. La Paz (a municipality of Agusan del Sur, Philippines)