andana

Catalan

Etymology

Possibly from Italian andana, from Vulgar Latin *andagō, which would make it a cognate of Spanish andén.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ənˈda.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [anˈda.na]

Noun

andana f (plural andanes)

1. (travel, rail transport) platform (raised structure for passengers)

   Synonym: moll

2. pavement, sidewalk (paved footpath alongside a road)

   Synonym: vorera

3. (agriculture) headland (unplowed boundary of a field)
4. (agriculture) windrow (row of hay left to dry in a field)

Further reading

• “andana” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “andana”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “andana” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Icelandic

Noun

andana m

1. definite accusative plural of andi

Italian

Etymology

From andare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈda.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: an‧dà‧na

Noun

andana f (plural andane)

1. pathway
2. windrow

Descendants

• →? Catalan: andana

Further reading

• andana in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

Noun

andana f (plural andanas)

1. line; row

Further reading

• “andana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28