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: Mal i Zi m (indefinite), Mali i Zi (sq) m (definite)
• Amharic: ሞንቴኔግሮ (montenegro)
• Arabic: الْجَبَل الْأَسْوَد‎ f (al-jabal al-ʔaswad), مُونْتِينِيغْرُو‎ f (montinīḡro)

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

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

  Cyrillic: Черногория (az)

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

  Cantonese: 黑山 (hak¹ saan¹)

  Mandarin: 黑山 (zh) (Hēishān), 蒙特內哥羅／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) n
• Dhivehi: މޮންޓެނީގުރޯ‎ (mon̊ṭenīgurō)
• Dutch: Montenegro (nl) n
• 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, Schwarzenberg (de) n (very rare, literally)
• 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)
• Indonesian: Montenegro (id)
• Interlingua: Montenegro
• Irish: Montainéagró m
• Italian: Montenegro (it) m
• Japanese: モンテネグロ (ja) (Monteneguro)
• Karakalpak: Shernogoriya
• Kazakh: Черногория (Çernogoriä), Қаратау (Qaratau)
• Khmer: ម៉ុងតេនីក្រូ (mongteeniikrou)
• Korean: 몬테네그로 (ko) (Montenegeuro), 쯔르나고라 (ko) (Jjeureunagora) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Montenegro (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Черногория (ky) (Çernogoriya)
• Lao: ມອນເຕເນໂກຣ (mǭn tē nē kō)
• Latin: Mōns Niger m
• Latvian: Melnkalne f
• Lithuanian: Juodkalnija (lt) f
• Macedonian: Црна Гора (mk) f (Crna Gora)
• Malay: Montenegro
• Maori: Monotenēro, Monotenīkoro
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Монтенегро (Montenegro), Черногор (Černogor)

• Navajo: Dziłizhin bikéyah
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Montenegro (no) n

• Ottoman Turkish: قره‌داغ‎ (karadağ)
• Pashto: مانټېنېګرو‎
• Persian: مونته‌نگرو‎ (fa) (monte-negru)
• Polish: Czarnogóra (pl) f
• Portuguese: Montenegro (pt) m
• Romanian: Muntenegru (ro) m
• 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) n
• Tagalog: Montenegro
• Tajik: Черногория (Černogoriya), Кӯҳистоги Сиёҳ (Kühistogi Siyoh), Монтенегро (Montenegro)
• Tamil: மொண்டெனேகுரோ (moṇṭeṉēkurō)
• Tatar: Монтенегро (Montenegro), Черногория (Çernoğoriya), Каратау (Qarataw)
• Thai: มอนเตเนโกร (mɔɔn-dtee-nee-groo)
• Tibetan: མོན་ཊེནིག་རོ (mon ṭenig ro)
• Tigrinya: ሞንቴኔግሮ (montenegro)
• Turkish: Karadağ (tr)
• Turkmen: Çernogoriýa
• Ukrainian: Чорного́рія (uk) (Čornohórija)
• Urdu: مونٹینیگرو‎ m (monṭenīgro)
• Uyghur: چېرنوگورىيە‎ (chërnogoriye), مونتەنەگرو‎ (montenegro)
• Uzbek: Chernogoriya (uz)
• Vietnamese: Môn-tê-nê-grô, Hắc Sơn (黑山), Xơ-na-go-ra
• Volapük: Montenegrän (vo)
• Yakut: Монтенегро (Montenegro)
• Yiddish: מאָנטענעגראָ‎ n (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

Asturian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Montenegro m

1. Montenegro (a country in Europe)

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)

Danish

Proper noun

Montenegro

1. Montenegro (a country in southeastern Europe)

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Montenegro n

1. Montenegro (a country in southeastern Europe)

Related terms

• Servië en Montenegro
• Montenegrijn

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

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

Finnish

Etymology

From Venetian Montenegro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmont(ː)eneɡro/, [ˈmo̞n̪t̪(ː)e̞ˌne̞ɡro̞]
• Rhymes: -eɡro
• Syllabification^(key): mon‧te‧neg‧ro

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		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Montenegro (type valo)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Montenegroni — accusative nom. Montenegroni — gen. Montenegroni genitive Montenegroni — partitive Montenegroani — inessive Montenegrossani — elative Montenegrostani — illative Montenegrooni — adessive Montenegrollani — ablative Montenegroltani — allative Montenegrolleni — essive Montenegronani — translative Montenegrokseni — instructive — — abessive Montenegrottani — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Montenegrosi — accusative nom. Montenegrosi — gen. Montenegrosi genitive Montenegrosi — partitive Montenegroasi — inessive Montenegrossasi — elative Montenegrostasi — illative Montenegroosi — adessive Montenegrollasi — ablative Montenegroltasi — allative Montenegrollesi — essive Montenegronasi — translative Montenegroksesi — instructive — — abessive Montenegrottasi — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Montenegromme — accusative nom. Montenegromme — gen. Montenegromme genitive Montenegromme — partitive Montenegroamme — inessive Montenegrossamme — elative Montenegrostamme — illative Montenegroomme — adessive Montenegrollamme — ablative Montenegroltamme — allative Montenegrollemme — essive Montenegronamme — translative Montenegroksemme — instructive — — abessive Montenegrottamme — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Montenegronne — accusative nom. Montenegronne — gen. Montenegronne genitive Montenegronne — partitive Montenegroanne — inessive Montenegrossanne — elative Montenegrostanne — illative Montenegroonne — adessive Montenegrollanne — ablative Montenegroltanne — allative Montenegrollenne — essive Montenegronanne — translative Montenegroksenne — instructive — — abessive Montenegrottanne — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Montenegronsa — accusative nom. Montenegronsa — gen. Montenegronsa genitive Montenegronsa — partitive Montenegroaan Montenegroansa — inessive Montenegrossaan Montenegrossansa — elative Montenegrostaan Montenegrostansa — illative Montenegroonsa — adessive Montenegrollaan Montenegrollansa — ablative Montenegroltaan Montenegroltansa — allative Montenegrolleen Montenegrollensa — essive Montenegronaan Montenegronansa — translative Montenegrokseen Montenegroksensa — instructive — — abessive Montenegrottaan Montenegrottansa — comitative — —

Derived terms

• montenegrolainen

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.

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

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Montenegro

1. Montenegro (a country in southeastern Europe)

Related terms

• Serbia og Montenegro, Serbia
• montenegriner
• montenegrinsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Montenegro

1. Montenegro (a country in southeastern Europe)

Related terms

• Serbia og Montenegro, Serbia
• montenegrinar
• montenegrinsk

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõ.teˈne.ɡɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõ.teˈne.ɡɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõ.teˈne.ɡɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /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 by sense

1. a surname

Sardinian

Proper noun

Montenegro ?

1. Montenegro (a country in Europe)

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -eɡɾo
• Syllabification: Mon‧te‧ne‧gro

Proper noun

Montenegro m

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

Derived terms

• montenegrino
• Serbia y Montenegro

 

Swedish

Proper noun

Montenegro n (genitive Montenegros)

1. Montenegro (a country in southeastern Europe)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Montenegro (“Montenegro”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monteˈneɡɾo/, [mon.tɛˈnɛɡ.ɾo]

Proper noun

Montenegro

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

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Montenegro (genitive Montenegron, partitive Montenegrod)

1. Montenegro (a country in southeastern Europe)

Inflection

Inflection of Montenegro (inflection type 1/ilo)
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	Montenegroho	—
adessive	Montenegrol	—
ablative	Montenegrolpäi	—
allative	Montenegrole	—
abessive	Montenegrota	—
comitative	Montenegronke	—
prolative	Montenegrodme	—
approximative I	Montenegronno	—
approximative II	Montenegronnoks	—
egressive	Montenegronnopäi	—
terminative I	Montenegrohosai	—
terminative II	Montenegrolesai	—
terminative III	Montenegrossai	—
additive I	Montenegrohopäi	—
additive II	Montenegrolepäi	—

Synonyms

• Mustmägi