La Paz

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish La Paz (literally “the peace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lə ˈpæz/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

Proper noun

La Paz

2. The capital city of Bolivia.
   • 2007 September 18, Simon Romero, “A Radical Gives Bolivia Some Stability”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 14 March 2021:

     La Paz and Sucre dispute which city should be the capital. Santa Cruz, in the east, clamors for autonomy.

4. A department in Bolivia. Capital: La Paz.
6. The capital city of Baja California Sur, Mexico.
8. A ghost town in La Paz County, Arizona, United States.
9. A neighbourhood of Keene, Kern County, California, United States.
11. A town in North Township, Marshall County, Indiana, United States, named after the Bolivian city.
13. A department of El Salvador.

Derived terms

• La Paz County
• La Paz East
• La Paz Proper
• La Paz West

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 पास m (lā pās)
• Interlingua: La Paz
• Italian: La Paz f
• Japanese: ラパス (ja) (Rapasu)
• Kazakh: Ла-Пас (La-Pas), Ла-Пас (La-Pas)
• 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): /ˈla ˈpas/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Syllabification: La Paz

Proper noun

La Paz n (indeclinable)

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

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish La Paz.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la ˈpa(j)s/ [la ˈpa(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la ˈpa(j)s/ [la ˈpa(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /la ˈpa(j)ʃ/ [la ˈpa(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ ˈpaʃ/

Proper noun

La Paz f

1. La Paz (the capital city of Bolivia)

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Mexico):

  (file)

• Syllabification: La Paz

Proper noun

La Paz f

1. La Paz (the capital city of Bolivia)
2. La Paz (a department in Bolivia)
3. La Paz (the capital city of Baja California Sur, Mexico)
4. La Paz (a ghost town in La Paz County, Arizona, United States)
5. La Paz (a town in North Township, Marshall County, Indiana, United States, named after the Bolivian city)
6. La Paz (a department of El Salvador)

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)