Medellín

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Medellín.

Proper noun

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Medellín

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

Translations

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /medeˈʝin/ [me.ð̞eˈʝĩn]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /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

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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

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Medellín

  1. A village in Extremadura, Spain

References

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  1. ^ “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

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Named after the village in Spain with the same name.

Proper noun

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Medellín

  1. Medellín (a city in Antioquia department, Colombia; the second-largest city in Colombia)