Medellín

See also: Medellin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Medellín.

Proper noun

Medellín

1. A city and department capital of Antioquia department, Colombia; the second-largest city in Colombia

Translations

city in Colombia

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 麥德林／麦德林 (mak⁶ dak¹ lam⁴)

  Mandarin: 麥德林／麦德林 (zh) (Màidélín)

• Farefare: Medeyin
• Japanese: メデジン (Medejin)
• Spanish: Medellín (es)

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.

Proper noun

Medellín

1. A village in Extremadura, Spain

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)