Montevideo

Montevideo

English

Etymology

There is general agreement that the first two syllables come from Spanish or Portuguese monte (“hill”), in reference to the prominent hill to the west of the city. Beyond that, explanations differ. Two of the most popular stories are that the name comes from a reading of the abbreviated MONTE-VI-D-E-O ("sixth hill from east to west"), or that it comes from a Portuguese sailor's shout of "Monte vide eu".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɒntɪvɪˈdeɪəʊ/

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• IPA^(key): (Minnesota city) /ˌmɒntɪˈvɪdiəʊ/

Proper noun

Montevideo

1. The capital city of Uruguay.
2. A city, the county seat of Chippewa County, Minnesota, United States.

Translations

capital of Uruguay

Arabic: مُونْتِيفِيدِيُو‎ m (muntifīdiyū) Bulgarian: Монтевиде́о (Montevidéo) Catalan: Montevideo (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 蒙得維的亞／蒙得维的亚 (zh) (Mēngdéwéidíyà) Czech: Montevideo (cs) n Danish: Montevideo Esperanto: Montevideo (eo) Finnish: Montevideo (fi) French: Montevideo (fr) m German: Montevideo (de) n Greek: Μοντεβιδέο (Montevidéo) Hebrew: מונטווידאו‎ f, מוֹנְטֶבִידֶאוֹ‎ (montevide'o) Italian: Montevideo (it) Japanese: モンテヴィデオ (Montevideo), モンテビデオ (Montebideo) Korean: 몬테비데오 (Montebide'o) Latin: Mons Videi Maltese: Montevideo Persian: مونتویدئو‎ (Montevideo) Portuguese: Montevidéu (pt) (Brazil), Montevideu (Portugal) Russian: Монтевиде́о (ru) m (Montɛvidɛ́o) Spanish: Montevideo (es) Vietnamese: Môn-tê-vi-đê-ô

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Catalan

Proper noun

Montevideo m

1. Montevideo (the capital city of Uruguay)

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Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Montevideo

1. Montevideo (the capital city of Uruguay)

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmontɛvɪdɛo]

Proper noun

Montevideo n

1. Montevideo (the capital city of Uruguay)

Derived terms

• montevidejský

Further reading

• Montevideo in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Montevideo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Japanese

Romanization

Montevideo

1. Rōmaji transcription of モンテヴィデオ

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Montevideo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔn.tɛ.viˈdɛ.ɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɔ
• Syllabification: Mon‧te‧vi‧de‧o

Proper noun

Montevideo n (indeclinable)

1. Montevideo (the capital city of Uruguay)

Further reading

• Montevideo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Montevideo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmontevideo]

Proper noun

Montevideo n (genitive singular Montevidea)

1. Montevideo (the capital of Uruguay)

References

• Montevideo in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /montebiˈdeo/ [mõn̪.t̪e.β̞iˈð̞e.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: Mon‧te‧vi‧de‧o

Proper noun

Montevideo ?

1. Montevideo (the capital city of Uruguay)
2. Montevideo (a department of Uruguay)

Derived terms

• montevideano