Medellín

See also: Medellin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Medellín.

Proper noun

Medellín

1. A city and departmental 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)
• Marathi: मेदेयीन (medeyīn)
• Spanish: Medellín (es)

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /medeˈʝin/ [me.ð̞eˈʝĩn]

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

• 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)