Andorra la Vella

English

Etymology

From Catalan Andorra la Vella (“Andorra the Old”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ænˈdɔː.ɹə lə ˈveɪl.jə/, /ˈvɛl.jə/, (hyperforeign, inauthentic) /ˈveɪ.ə/

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Proper noun

Andorra la Vella

1. The capital city of Andorra

Translations

capital of Andorra

• Afrikaans: Andorra la Vella
• Albanian: Andorra la Vella (sq) f
• Arabic: أَنْدُورَا لَا فِيلَا f (ʔandūrā lā fīlā)
• Aragonese: Andorra la Biella f
• Armenian: Անդորա լա Վելյա (Andora la Velya)
• Asturian: Andorra la Vieya (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Andorra la Vella
• Basque: Andorra la Vella (eu)
• Belarusian: Андо́ра-ла-Ве́лья f (Andóra-la-Vjélʹja), Андо́ра-ла-Вье́ха f (Andóra-la-Vʹjéxa)
• Bulgarian: Андо́ра ла Ве́ля f (Andóra la Vélja)
• Catalan: Andorra la Vella f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安道爾城／安道尔城 (zh) (Āndào'ěr chéng)

• Czech: Andorra la Vella (cs) f
• Danish: Andorra la Vella
• Dutch: Andorra la Vella (nl) n
• Esperanto: Andoro Malnova (eo)
• Estonian: Andorra la Vella (et)
• French: Andorre-la-Vieille (fr) f
• Georgian: ანდორა-ლა-ველა (ka) (andora-la-vela)
• German: Andorra la Vella (de) n
• Greek: Ανδόρα λα Βέλια (el) f (Andóra la Vélia)
• Hebrew: אנדורה לה ולה
• Hindi: अण्डोरा ला वेला m (aṇḍorā lā velā)
• Hungarian: Andorra la Vella (hu)
• Irish: Andorra la Vella
• Italian: Andorra la Vella f
• Japanese: アンドラ・ラ・ベリャ (ja) (Andora-ra-Berya)
• Kazakh: Андорра-ла-Велья (Andorra-la-Velä)
• Khmer: អង់ដូរ៉ាឡាវ៉េឡា (km) (ʼɑngdouraalaaveelaa)
• Korean: 안도라라베야 (Andorarabeya)
• Latvian: Andora la Velja f
• Lithuanian: Andora (lt) f
• Macedonian: Андо́ра ла Ве́ља f (Andóra la Vélja)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Andorra la Vella n

• Persian: آندورا لا ولا (ândorâ lâ velâ)
• Polish: Andorra (pl) f
• Portuguese: Andorra-a-Velha (pt) f
• Romanian: Andorra la Vella (ro) f
• Russian: Андо́рра-ла-Ве́лья f (Andórra-la-Vɛ́lʹja), Андо́рра-ла-Вье́ха f (Andórra-la-Vʹjéxa)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Андора ла Веља f

• Silesian: Andora f
• Slovak: Andorra (sk) f
• Slovene: Andorra la Vella f
• Spanish: Andorra la Vieja (es) f
• Swedish: Andorra la Vella (sv) n
• Tajik: Андорра-ла-Веля (Andorra-la-Vyelya)
• Thai: อันดอร์ราลาเวยา (an-dɔɔ-râa-laa-wee-yâa)
• Turkish: Andorra la Vella
• Ukrainian: Андо́рра-ла-Ве́лья (uk) f (Andórra-la-Vélʹja), Андо́рра-ла-В'є́ха (uk) f (Andórra-la-Vʺjéxa)
• Uzbek: Andorra-la-Velya
• Vietnamese: An-đô-ra La Vê-la

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Andorra la Vella

1. Andorra la Vella (the capital city of Andorra)

Catalan

Etymology

Literally, “Old Andorra”; however vella in this case may be a corruption of vila (“town”), to distinguish from the principality of Andorra as a whole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ənˈdɔ.rə lə ˈβe.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ənˈdɔ.rə lə ˈve.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [anˈdo.ra la ˈve.ʎa]

Proper noun

Andorra la Vella f

1. Andorra la Vella (the capital city of Andorra)

Descendants

• → Japanese: アンドラ・ラ・ベリャ (Andora ra Berya)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [andora la vɛlja]

Proper noun

Andorra la Vella f (related adjective andorrský)

1. Andorra la Vella (the capital city of Andorra)

Declension

Declension of Andorra la Vella (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Andorra la Vella
genitive	Andorry la Vella
dative	Andoře la Vella
accusative	Andorru la Vella
vocative	Andorro la Vella
locative	Andoře la Vella
instrumental	Andorrou la Vella

Further reading

• “Andorra la Vella”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Estonian

Proper noun

Andorra la Vella

1. Andorra la Vella (the capital city of Andorra)

German

Proper noun

Andorra la Vella n (proper noun, genitive Andorra la Vellas or (optionally with an article) Andorra la Vella)

1. Andorra la Vella (the capital city of Andorra)