Medellín

Medellín

See also: Medellin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Medellín.

Proper noun

Medellín

1. The second largest city of Colombia, in the department of Antioquia

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Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /medeˈʝin/ [me.ð̞eˈʝĩn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /medeˈʝin/ [me.ð̞eˈʝĩn]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /medeˈʎin/ [me.ð̞eˈʎĩn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /medeˈʃin/ [me.ð̞eˈʃĩn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /medeˈʒin/ [me.ð̞eˈʒĩn]

• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: Me‧de‧llín

Etymology 1

From Latin Metellīnum, named after the Roman General Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius in 75 BC who founded the village as a military base.[1]

Proper noun

Medellín

1. A village in Extremadura, Spain

References

1. “Ayuntamiento de Medellín (España). Toponímicos de Medellín”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎ (in Spanish), accessed 27 July 2019, archived from the original on 2008-06-09

Etymology 2

Named after the village in Spain with the same name.

Proper noun

Medellín

1. Medellín (a city in Antioquia department, Colombia; the second-largest city in Colombia)