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)

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Proper noun

the Andes

1. A mountain range in western South America.

Derived terms

• Andean
• andesine
• andesite

Translations

mountain range in South America

• Arabic: أَنْدِيز‏‎ m (ʾandīz)
• Armenian: Անդեր (Ander)
• Catalan: Andes m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安地斯山脈 (zh) (Āndìsī shānmài)

• Dutch: de Andes
• Esperanto: Andoj
• Finnish: Andit (fi)
• French: les Andes (fr) f pl
• German: die Anden (de) pl
• Greek: Άνδεις (el) f pl (Ándeis)
• Hungarian: Andok (hu)
• Ido: Andi (io)
• Irish: Na hAindéis m pl
• Japanese: アンデス山脈 (Andesu-sanmyaku)
• Korean: 안데스 산맥 (Andeseu sanmaek)

• Latin: Andes (la)
• Macedonian: Анди pl (Andi)
• Navajo: Éendiiz
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Andes (no), Andesfjellene n pl

  Nynorsk: Andes, Andesfjella n pl

• Polish: Andy (pl) pl
• Portuguese: Andes m pl
• Romanian: Anzi m pl
• Russian: А́нды (ru) f pl (Ándy)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: А̑нде f pl

  Roman: Ȃnde (sh) f pl

• Slovak: Andy f pl
• Spanish: los Andes (es) m pl
• Swedish: Anderna (sv) c pl

Anagrams

• DNase, Danes, Deans, Denas, Sande, Sedna, Snead, deans, nades, sedan, snead

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Catalan

Proper noun

Andes m pl

1. Andes

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

de Andes pl

1. the Andes

Anagrams

• danse

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French

Proper noun

Andes f pl

1. the Andes

Anagrams

• danse, dansé

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish Andes, from Quechua andi.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.d͡ʒis/

Proper noun

Andes m pl

1. Andes (a mountain range in South America)

Derived terms

• andino

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Spanish

Etymology

From Quechua andi (“high crest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.des/, /ˈän̪.d̪e̞s/

Proper noun

los Andes m, pl

1. the Andes

Derived terms

• andesita
• andino
• andinismo

Anagrams

• danés
• densa

• nades
• sedan

• sedán
• se dan