Big Apple

English

Etymology

Unknown and disputed. See the Wikipedia article.

Proper noun

the Big Apple

(informal) A nickname for New York City.

Translations

nickname for New York City

Armenian: Մեծ խնձոր (Mec xnjor)
Basque: Sagar Handia
Catalan: Gran Poma f
Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 大蘋果, ^{(please verify)} 大苹果 (Dà Píngguǒ)
Esperanto: Granda Pomo
Estonian: Suur Õun
Finnish: Nykki; Iso Omena
French: Grosse Pomme (fr) f, Big Apple (fr) f
Galician: Gran Mazá f
Georgian: დიდი ვაშლი (didi vašli)
German: Big Apple (de) m
Greek: Μεγάλο Μήλο n (Megálo Mílo)

Hungarian: Nagy Alma
Italian: Grande Mela f
Japanese: ビッグ・アップル (Biggu Appuru)
Korean: 빅 애플 (Bik Aepeul)
Mongolian: Том Алим (Tom Alim)
Polish: Wielkie Jabłko n
Portuguese: Grande Maçã f
Russian: Большо́е я́блоко (ru) n (Bolʹšóje jábloko)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Велика Ја̏бука f

Roman: Velika Jȁbuka f
Spanish: Gran Manzana f

References

“Big Apple” in Michael Quinion, Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, 2004, ISBN 978-1-58834-219-5.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Big Apple, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bi.ɡ‿a.pœl/

Proper noun

Big Apple f

Big Apple (nickname for New York City)
Synonym: Grosse Pomme

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