Andes
English edit
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From Spanish Andes, perhaps from Quechua andi (“high crest”).
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the Andes
- A mountain range in western South America.
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mountain range in South America
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Borrowed from Spanish Andes, from Quechua andi (“high crest”).
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Andes m pl (plural only)
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Andes, or alternatively Latin Andes.
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de Andes pl
- 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.
- 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.
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Andes f pl (plural only)
- the Andes
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Galician edit
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Andes m pl
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Further reading edit
- “Andes” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish Andes, perhaps from Quechua andi (“high crest”)
Proper noun edit
Andēs f pl (genitive Andium); third declension
- (New Latin) Andes (a mountain range in South America).
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.
Case | Plural |
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Nominative | Andēs |
Genitive | Andium |
Dative | Andibus |
Accusative | Andēs Andīs |
Ablative | Andibus |
Vocative | Andēs |
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Andes, from Quechua andi.
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- Hyphenation: An‧des
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Andes m pl
- Andes (a mountain range in South America)
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Quechua andi (“high crest”). More at Andes.
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los Andes m pl
- the Andes