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andorra

UK/ænˈdɔː.ɹə/US/ænˈdoɹ.ə/
nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechmostly written

Andorra is a tiny country high in the Pyrenees between France and Spain. A weekend in Andorra.

It is headed jointly by the president of France and a Spanish bishop, which is unique. Andorra has no airport and the highest life expectancy in Europe.

Original: Napoleon III Vector: HansenBCN · Public domain

Definitions of andorra

  1. 1nounandorraTiny country high in the Pyrenees between France and Spain.C1

    “Andorra lives on skiing and on shopping.”

andorra is a country.

Where it comes from

  1. Catalan

    Andorra

  2. English

    Andorra

  3. English, today

    andorra

Andorra Borrowed from Catalan Andorra. Catalan Andorra, probably of qsb-ibe or euq origin. Compare Ancient Greek Ἀνδοσῖνοι, the name of a tribe in Hispania Tarraconensis near the Pyrenees mentioned by Polybius.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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