Montevideo

English

Etymology

There is general agreement that the first two syllables come from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese monte (“hill”), in reference to the prominent hill to the west of the city. Beyond that, explanations differ. Two of the most popular stories are that the name comes from a reading of the abbreviated MONTE-VI-D-E-O ("sixth hill from east to west"), or that it comes from a Portuguese sailor's shout of "Monte vide eu".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɒntɪvɪˈdeɪəʊ/

Proper noun

Montevideo

1. The capital of Uruguay.
2. A city, the county seat of Chippewa County, Minnesota, United States.

Translations

capital of Uruguay

• Arabic: مُونْتِيفِيدِيُو m (muntifīdiyū)
• Bulgarian: Монтевиде́о (Montevidéo)
• Catalan: Montevideo (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒙得維的亞／蒙得维的亚 (zh) (Méngdéwéidíyà), 蒙得维的亚 (zh) (Mēngdéwéidíyà)

• Czech: Montevideo (cs) n
• Danish: Montevideo
• Esperanto: Montevideo (eo)
• Finnish: Montevideo (fi)
• French: Montevideo (fr) m
• German: Montevideo (de) n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: Μοντεβιδέο (Montevidéo)
• Hebrew: מונטווידאו f, מוֹנְטֶבִידֶאוֹ (montevide'o)
• Italian: Montevideo (it)
• Japanese: モンテヴィデオ (Montevideo), モンテビデオ (Montebideo)
• Korean: 몬테비데오 (Montebide'o)
• Latin: Mons Videi
• Maltese: Montevideo
• Persian: مونتویدئو (Montevideo)
• Portuguese: Montevidéu (pt)
• Russian: Монтевиде́о (ru) m (Montɛvidɛ́o)
• Spanish: Montevideo (es)

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Catalan

Proper noun

Montevideo m

1. Montevideo

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Czech

Proper noun

Montevideo n

1. Montevideo (the capital of Uruguay)

Derived terms

• montevidejský

Further reading

• Template:R:KNLA
• Template:R:SSJC

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Japanese

Romanization

Montevideo

1. Rōmaji transcription of モンテヴィデオ

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /montebiˈdeo/ [mõn̪.t̪e.β̞iˈð̞e.o]

Proper noun

Montevideo ?

1. Montevideo

Derived terms

• montevideano