Port Moresby

English

Etymology

Named after British admiral Fairfax Moresby by his son and the city's explorer Captain John Moresby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɔɹt ˈmɔɹzbi/

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Proper noun

Port Moresby

1. The capital city of Papua New Guinea.

Translations

capital of Papua New Guinea

• Afrikaans: Port Moresby
• Arabic: بُورْت مُورْسْبِي f (būrt mūrsbī)
• Belarusian: Порт-Мо́рсбі m (Port-Mórsbi)
• Bulgarian: Порт Мо́рсби m (Port Mórsbi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 莫爾茲比港／莫尔兹比港 (zh) (Mò'ěrzībǐ-gǎng)

• Czech: Port Moresby m
• Danish: Port Moresby
• Dutch: Port Moresby
• Finnish: Port Moresby (fi)
• French: Port Moresby (fr) m
• German: Port Moresby (de) n
• Greek: Πορτ Μόρεσμπι n (Port Móresmpi)
• Hebrew: פורט מורסבי f
• Italian: Port Moresby m
• Japanese: ポートモレスビー (ja) (Pōtomoresubī)
• Khmer: ព័រម៉ូរេសប៊ី (km) (pɔəmoureisbii)
• Korean: 포트모르즈비 (ko) (Poteumoreujeubi)
• Macedonian: Порт Морзби m (Port Morzbi)
• Mongolian: Порт-Морсби (Port-Morsbi)
• Persian: پورت مورسبی
• Portuguese: Port Moresby f
• Russian: Порт-Мо́рсби (ru) m (Port-Mórsbi)
• Serbo-Croatian: Порт Морсби m, Port Moresby m
• Spanish: Port Moresby (es) m
• Tok Pisin: Pot Mosbi, Mosbi
• Ukrainian: Порт-Мо́рсбі m (Port-Mórsbi)
• Vietnamese: Po Mo-re-xbi

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Port Moresby

1. Port Moresby (the capital city of Papua New Guinea)

Czech

Proper noun

Port Moresby m inan (related adjective portmoresbský)

1. Port Moresby (the capital city of Papua New Guinea)

Declension

Declension of Port Moresby (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Port Moresby
genitive	Portu Moresby
dative	Portu Moresby
accusative	Port Moresby
vocative	Porte Moresby
locative	Portu Moresby
instrumental	Portem Moresby

Further reading

• Port Moresby in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Proper noun

het centrum van Port Moresby
the center of Port Moresby

Port Moresby n

1. Port Moresby (the capital city of Papua New Guinea)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Porto Moresby

Proper noun

Port Moresby f

1. Port Moresby (the capital city of Papua New Guinea)