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
• Lake Andes

Translations

mountain range in South America

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

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

• Czech: Andy (cs) f pl
• Danish: Andes, Andesbjergene n pl
• Dutch: de Andes (nl) pl
• Esperanto: Andoj
• Finnish: Andit (fi)
• French: les Andes (fr) f pl
• Galician: Andes m 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, Sedan, Sedna, Snead, deans, nades, sedan, snead

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈan.dəs/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈan.des/

Proper noun

Andes m pl

1. Andes

Related terms

• andí

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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

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.

Derived terms

• andesvos

Anagrams

• danse

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃d/
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃d

Proper noun

Andes f pl

1. the Andes

Anagrams

• danse, dansé

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Galician

Proper noun

Andes m pl

1. Andes

Related terms

• andino

Further reading

• “Andes” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed 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): /ˈandes/, [ˈãn̪d̪es]

Proper noun

los Andes m pl

1. the Andes

Derived terms

• andesina
• andesita
• andino

Anagrams

• danés
• densa
• nades
• sedan
• sedán
• senda