Medellín
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See also: Medellin
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish Medellín.
Proper noun[edit]
Medellín
- A city and department capital of Antioquia department, Colombia; the second-largest city in Colombia
Translations[edit]
city in Colombia
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: Me‧de‧llín
Etymology 1[edit]
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[edit]
Medellín
- A village in Extremadura, Spain
References[edit]
- ^ “Ayuntamiento de Medellín (España). Toponímicos de Medellín”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1] (in Spanish), 2019 July 27 (last accessed), archived from the original on 9 June 2008
Etymology 2[edit]
Named after the village in Spain with the same name.
Proper noun[edit]
Medellín
Categories:
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- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms spelled with Í
- English terms spelled with ◌́
- en:Cities in Colombia
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- en:Places in Colombia
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- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/in
- Rhymes:Spanish/in/3 syllables
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
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- es:Villages in Extremadura
- es:Villages in Spain
- es:Places in Extremadura
- es:Places in Spain
- es:Cities in Colombia
- es:Places in Colombia