Andes

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See also: andes, andés, and ändes

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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the Andes

  1. Synonym of Andes Mountains

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Translations

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See also: Andes Mountains

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Catalan

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Andes m pl (plural only)

  1. Andes (a mountain range in South America)
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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Andes, or alternatively Latin Andes.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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de Andes pl

  1. 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.

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French

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Etymology

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Calque of Spanish Andes.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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les Andes f pl (plural only)

  1. Synonym of cordillère des Andes (Andes)
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Galician

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Galician Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

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Andes m pl

  1. Andes
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Further reading

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From *ande-

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Proper noun

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Andēs m pl (genitive Andium); third declension

  1. alternative form of Andecāvī (a Gallic tribe in the region of present-day Anjou)
Declension
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Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Andēs
Genitive Andium
Dative Andibus
Accusative Andēs
Andīs
Ablative Andibus
Vocative Andēs

References

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Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

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Andēs f pl (genitive Andium); third declension

  1. (New Latin) Andes (a mountain range in South America).
Declension
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Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Andēs
Genitive Andium
Dative Andibus
Accusative Andēs
Andīs
Ablative Andibus
Vocative Andēs

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Andes, from Quechua andi.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: An‧des

Proper noun

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Andes m pl

  1. Andes (a mountain range in South America)

Derived terms

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Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈandes/ [ˈãn̪.d̪es]
  • Rhymes: -andes
  • Syllabification: An‧des

Proper noun

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los Andes m pl

  1. the Andes

Derived terms

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