Montenegro

See also: Montenegró, Montènègro, Monténégro, and Monténègrô

English

Etymology

From Venetian Montenegro (from monte +‎ negro, literally “black mountain”), a calque of Serbo-Croatian Cȓnā Gòra, referring to Mt Lovćen.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɒn.tɪˈnɛɡ.ɹəʊ/, /mɒn.tɪˈneɪ.ɡɹəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmɑn.təˈneɪ.ɡɹoʊ/, /ˌmɑn.tɪˈni.ɡɹoʊ/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Montenegro (plural Montenegroes)

2. A country in Europe, formerly one of the two constituent republics of Serbia and Montenegro. Capital and largest city: Podgorica.

Related terms

• Montenegrin

Translations

country in Europe

• Acehnese: Monténègrô
• Afrikaans: Montenegro
• Albanian: Mali i Zi (sq)
• Amharic: ሞንቴኔግሮ (montenegro)
• Arabic: الْجَبَل الْأَسْوَد‎ f (al-jabal al-ʾaswad), مُونْتِينِيغْرُو‎ f (montinīḡro)

  Hijazi Arabic: الجبل الأسود‎ m (al-jabal al-ʾaswad), مونْتِنيقرو‎ f (mōntinēgru)

• Armenian: Չեռնոգորիա (Čʿeṙnogoria)
• Asturian: Montenegro (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Çernoqoriya (az)

  Cyrillic: Черногорија

• Bashkir: Черногория (Černogoriya)
• Belarusian: Чарнаго́рыя f (Čarnahóryja)
• Bengali: মন্টিনিগ্রো (bn) (mônṭinigro), কালাপাহাড় (kalapahaṛ)
• Bulgarian: Че́рна гора́ f (Čérna gorá)
• Burmese: မွန်တီနီဂရိုး (mwantiniga.rui:)
• Catalan: Montenegro (ca) m
• Chechen: Iаьржаламанчоь (Iäržalamančö)
• Cherokee: ᎼᏂᏔᏁᎦᎶ (monitanegalo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑山 (zh) (Hēishān), 蒙特內哥羅 (zh), 蒙特内哥罗 (zh) (Méngtènèigēluò) (Taiwan), 蒙特尼哥羅, 蒙特尼哥罗 (Méngtènígēluò) (Taiwan)

• Chuvash: Черногори (Černogori)
• Crimean Tatar: Montenegro
• Czech: Černá Hora (cs) f
• Danish: Montenegro (da)
• Dhivehi: މޮންޓެނީގުރޯ‎ (mon̊ṭenīgurō)
• Esperanto: Montenegro (eo)
• Estonian: Montenegro (et), Tšernogooria (et) (dated)
• Farefare: Montenegro, Zoore-sabga
• Faroese: Montenegro n, Svartafjall n
• Finnish: Montenegro (fi)
• French: Monténégro (fr) m
• Galician: Montenegro (gl) m
• Georgian: ჩერნოგორია (černogoria)
• German: Montenegro (de) n; very rare, literally: Schwarzenberg (de)
• Greek: Μαυροβούνιο (el) n (Mavrovoúnio)

  Pontic Greek: Μαυροβούνιον n (Mavrovoúnion)

• Hausa: Montenegro
• Hebrew: מוֹנְטֶנֶגְרוֹ‎ (he) f (montenegro)
• Hindi: मोंटेनीगरो m (moṇṭenīgro)
• Hungarian: Montenegró (hu)
• Icelandic: Svartfjallaland (is) n
• Ido: Montenegro (io)
• Interlingua: Montenegro
• Irish: Montainéagró m
• Italian: Montenegro (it)
• Japanese: モンテネグロ (ja) (Monteneguro)
• Karakalpak: Shernogoriya
• Kazakh: Черногория (Çernogorïya), Қаратау (Qarataw)
• Khmer: ម៉ុងតេនីក្រូ (mongteeniikrou)

• Korean: 몬테네그로 (ko) (Montenegeuro)
• Kyrgyz: Черногория (ky) (Çernogoriya)
• Lao: ມອນເຕເນໂກຣ (mǭn tē nē krō)
• Latin: Mōns Niger m
• Latvian: Melnkalne f
• Lithuanian: Juodkalnija (lt) f
• Macedonian: Црна Гора (mk) f (Crna Gora)
• Maori: Monotenēro, Monotenīkoro
• Mongolian: Монтенегро (Montenegro)
• Navajo: Dziłizhin bikéyah
• Ottoman Turkish: قره‌داغ‎ (karadağ)
• Pashto: مانټېنېګرو‎
• Persian: مونته‌نگرو‎ (fa) (monte-negru)
• Polish: Czarnogóra (pl) f
• Portuguese: Montenegro (pt)
• Romanian: Muntenegru (ro)
• Russian: Черного́рия (ru) f (Černogórija)
• Rusyn: Чорна Гора f (Čorna Hora)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Цр̑на̄ Го̀ра f

  Roman: Cȓnā Gòra (sh) f

• Sicilian: Montenegru m
• Silesian: Czorno Gůra f
• Sinhalese: මොන්‍ටිනිග්‍රෝ (monṭinigrō)
• Slovak: Čierna Hora f
• Slovene: Čŕna gôra (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Carnogórska f

  Upper Sorbian: Čorna Hora f

• Spanish: Montenegro (es) m
• Swedish: Montenegro (sv)
• Tagalog: Montenegro
• Tajik: Монтенегро (Montenegro)
• Tatar: Монтенегро (Montenegro)
• Thai: มอนเตเนโกร (mɔɔn-dtee-nee-groo)
• Tigrinya: ሞንቴኔግሮ (montenegro)
• Turkish: Karadağ (tr)
• Turkmen: Çernogoriýa
• Ukrainian: Чорного́рія (uk) (Čornohórija)
• Urdu: مونٹینیگرو‎ m (monṭenīgro)
• Uyghur: چېرنوگورىيە‎ (chërnogoriye)
• Uzbek: Chernogoriya (uz)
• Vietnamese: Môn-tê-nê-grô
• Volapük: Montenegrän (vo)
• Yakut: Монтенегро (Montenegro)
• Yiddish: מאָנטענעגראָ‎ (montenegro)
• Yoruba: Mọtinegoro
• Zazaki: Montenegro (Southern Zazaki)

See also

• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City

Further reading

• Montenegro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Asturian

Proper noun

Montenegro m

1. Montenegro (a country in Europe)

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /mon.təˈnə.ɡɾo/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /mun.təˈnɛ.ɡɾu/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /mon.teˈne.ɡɾo/

• Audio (Valencian)

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Proper noun

Montenegro m

1. Montenegro (a country in southeastern Europe)

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Danish

Proper noun

Montenegro

1. Montenegro (a country in southeastern Europe)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Montenegro n

1. Montenegro (a country in southeastern Europe)

Related terms

• Servië en Montenegro
• Montenegrijn

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Esperanto

Montenegro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [monteˈneɡro]
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eɡro
• Hyphenation: Mon‧te‧ne‧gro

Proper noun

Montenegro (accusative Montenegron)

1. Montenegro (a country in southeastern Europe)

Meronyms

• Podgorico

See also

Bosnio kaj Hercegovino		Serbio
		Kosovo
Adriatiko		Albanio

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Faroese

Etymology

From Venetian Montenegro (“black mountain”), a calque of Serbo-Croatian Cȓnā Gòra.

Proper noun

Montenegro n

1. Montenegro (a country in southeastern Europe)

See also

• Svartafjall

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Finnish

Proper noun

Montenegro

1. Montenegro (a country in southeastern Europe)

Declension

Inflection of Montenegro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		Montenegro	—
genitive		Montenegron	—
partitive		Montenegroa	—
illative		Montenegroon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Montenegro	—
accusative	nom.	Montenegro	—
	gen.	Montenegron
genitive		Montenegron	—
partitive		Montenegroa	—
inessive		Montenegrossa	—
elative		Montenegrosta	—
illative		Montenegroon	—
adessive		Montenegrolla	—
ablative		Montenegrolta	—
allative		Montenegrolle	—
essive		Montenegrona	—
translative		Montenegroksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Montenegrotta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Montenegro (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Montenegroni	Montenegromme
2nd person	Montenegrosi	Montenegronne
3rd person	Montenegronsa

Derived terms

• montenegrolainen

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Galician

Etymology 1

From monte + negro, "Black Mountain"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌmonteˈneɣɾʊ]

Proper noun

Montenegro m

1. an ancient territory in northern Galicia
2. A surname​.

Etymology 2

From Venetian Montenegro

Proper noun

Montenegro m

1. Montenegro (a country in southeastern Europe)

Derived terms

• montenegrino

References

• “Montenegro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “Montenegro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “Montenegro” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Montenegro n (proper noun, genitive Montenegros or (optionally with an article) Montenegro)

1. Montenegro (a country in southeastern Europe)

   Synonym: (archaic; before World War I) Schwarzenberg

Derived terms

• Montenegriner
• montenegrinisch

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monteˈneɡro/

Proper noun

Montenegro

1. Montenegro (a country in southeastern Europe)

See also

• (countries of Europe) lando di Europa; Albania, Andora, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bielorusia, Belgia, Bosnia e Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kroatia, Chipro, Chekia, Dania, Estonia, Finlando, Francia, Gruzia, Germania, Grekia, Hungaria, Islando, Irlando, Italia, Kazakstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburgia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Nederlando, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San-Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hispania, Suedia, Suisia, Turkia, Ukraina, Unionita Rejio, Vatikano

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmon.teˈne.ɡro/
• Rhymes: -eɡro
• Hyphenation: Mon‧te‧né‧gro

Proper noun

Montenegro m

1. Montenegro (a country in southeastern Europe)

Derived terms

• Serbia e Montenegro
• montenegrino

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Montenegro

1. Montenegro (a country in southeastern Europe)

Related terms

• Serbia og Montenegro, Serbia
• montenegriner
• montenegrinsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Montenegro

1. Montenegro (a country in southeastern Europe)

Related terms

• Serbia og Montenegro, Serbia
• montenegrinar
• montenegrinsk

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /mõ.teˈne.ɡɾu/, [mõ.teˈne.ɡɾu]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /mõ.tɨˈne.ɡɾu/, [mõ.tɨˈne.ɣɾu]

• Hyphenation: Mon‧te‧ne‧gro

Proper noun

Montenegro m

1. Montenegro (a country in southeastern Europe)
2. A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Usage notes

Montenegro is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Derived terms

• montenegrino

Proper noun

Montenegro m or f

1. A surname​.

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Sardinian

Proper noun

Montenegro ?

1. Montenegro (a country in Europe)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monteˈneɡɾo/, [mõn̪.t̪eˈne.ɣ̞ɾo]

• Audio

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Proper noun

Montenegro m

1. Montenegro (a country in southeastern Europe)
2. A surname​.

Derived terms

• Serbia y Montenegro
• montenegrino

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Swedish

Proper noun

Montenegro n (genitive Montenegros)

1. Montenegro (a country in southeastern Europe)

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Montenegro (“Montenegro”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monteˈneɡɾo/

Proper noun

Montenegro

1. Montenegro (a country in southeastern Europe)
2. A surname, from Spanish, the 460th most common in the Philippines.

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Veps

Etymology

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Proper noun

Montenegro (genitive Montenegron, partitive Montenegrod)

1. Montenegro (a country in southeastern Europe)

Inflection

Inflection of Montenegro
nominative sing.	Montenegro
genitive sing.	Montenegron
partitive sing.	Montenegrod
partitive plur.	—
	singular	plural
nominative	Montenegro	—
accusative	Montenegron	—
genitive	Montenegron	—
partitive	Montenegrod	—
essive-instructive	Montenegron	—
translative	Montenegroks	—
inessive	Montenegros	—
elative	Montenegrospäi	—
illative	?	—
adessive	Montenegrol	—
ablative	Montenegrolpäi	—
allative	Montenegrole	—
abessive	Montenegrota	—
comitative	Montenegronke	—
prolative	Montenegrodme	—
approximative I	Montenegronno	—
approximative II	Montenegronnoks	—
egressive	Montenegronnopäi	—
terminative I	?	—
terminative II	Montenegrolesai	—
terminative III	Montenegrossai	—
additive I	?	—
additive II	Montenegrolepäi	—

Synonyms

• Mustmägi