sandía

Borrowed from Arabic سِنْدِيَّة‎ (sindiyya, “Sindhi”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu).

sandía f (plural sandíes)

1. watermelon (Citrullus lanatus, a vine-like flowering plant)
2. watermelon (the fruit of the watermelon plant)

Borrowed from Arabic سِنْدِيَّة‎ (sindiyya, “Sindhi”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu).

sandía f (plural sandías)

1. watermelon (Citrullus lanatus, a vine-like flowering plant)
2. watermelon (the fruit of the watermelon plant)

Borrowed from Arabic سِنْدِيَّة‎ (sindiyya, “Sindhi”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu), meaning of or from Sindh (in contemporary Pakistan).

• IPA^(key): /sanˈdia/ [sãn̪ˈd̪i.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: san‧dí‧a

sandía f (plural sandías)

1. watermelon (Citrullus lanatus, a vine-like flowering plant)
2. watermelon (the fruit of the watermelon plant)

• melón m

• → Cahuilla: saandiya
• → Highland Popoluca: xañt́a
• → Huave: xindiy, xendiy
• → Lacandon: sanya
• → Quechua: santiya
• → Sayula Popoluca: s̈á̱ntia
• → Southern Ohlone: santiya
• → Southeastern Tepehuan: sandiiyas
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: xantea

• “sandía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014