Big Apple

English

Etymology

Unknown and disputed. See the Wikipedia article.

Proper noun

the Big Apple

1. (informal) A nickname for New York City.

Translations

nickname for New York City

• Armenian: Մեծ խնձոր (Mec xnjor)
• Basque: Sagar Handia
• Catalan: Gran Poma f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 大蘋果, ^{(please verify)} 大苹果 (Dà Píngguǒ)

• Esperanto: Granda Pomo
• Estonian: Suur Õun
• Finnish: Nykki; Iso Omena
• French: Grosse Pomme (fr) f, Big Apple (fr) f
• Galician: Gran Mazá f
• Georgian: დიდი ვაშლი (didi vašli)
• German: Big Apple (de) m
• Greek: Μεγάλο Μήλο n (Megálo Mílo)

• Hungarian: Nagy Alma
• Italian: Grande Mela f
• Japanese: ビッグ・アップル (Biggu Appuru)
• Korean: 빅 애플 (Bik Aepeul)
• Mongolian: Том Алим (Tom Alim)
• Polish: Wielkie Jabłko n
• Portuguese: Grande Maçã f
• Russian: Большо́е я́блоко (ru) n (Bolʹšóje jábloko)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Велика Ја̏бука f

  Roman: Velika Jȁbuka f

• Spanish: Gran Manzana f

References

• “Big Apple” in Michael Quinion, Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, 2004, →ISBN.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Big Apple, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ɡ‿a.pœl/

Proper noun

Big Apple f

1. Big Apple (nickname for New York City)

   Synonym: Grosse Pomme