Uruguay

English

Etymology

Disputed; (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Guaraní urugua (“shellfish”) y (“water”) or uru (“kind of bird”) gua (“from”) y (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjʊə.ɹə.ɡwaɪ/, /ˈʊɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈjʊɹ.ə.ɡwaɪ/, /ˈʊɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Proper noun

Uruguay

2. A country in South America. Official name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay.

Derived terms

• Uruguayan

Translations

country

• Afrikaans: Uruguay
• Albanian: Uruguaji m, Uruguai (sq) m (indefinite)
• Amharic: ኡራጓይ (ʾuragʷay)
• Arabic: أُورُوغُوَاي f (ʔūrūḡuwāy), أُورُوجُوَاي (ar) f (ʾūrūguwāy)
• Armenian: Ուրուգվայ (Urugvay)
• Asturian: Uruguay (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Uruqvay (az)
• Basque: Uruguai
• Belarusian: Уругва́й m (Uruhváj)
• Bengali: উরুগুয়ে (uruguẏe)
• Breton: Uruguay
• Bulgarian: Уругва́й m (Urugváj)
• Burmese: ဥရုဂ္ဝေး (u.rug-we:)
• Catalan: Uruguai (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烏拉圭／乌拉圭 (zh) (Wūlāguī), 乌拉圭 (zh) (Wūlāguī)

• Czech: Uruguay (cs)
• Danish: Uruguay (da)
• Dhivehi: އުރުގުއ (urugu)
• Dutch: Uruguay (nl)
• Esperanto: Urugvajo (eo)
• Estonian: Uruguay (et)
• Finnish: Uruguay (fi)
• French: Uruguay (fr) m
• Galician: Uruguai (gl) m
• Georgian: ურუგვაი (urugvai)
• German: Uruguay (de) n
• Greek: Ουρουγουάη (el) f (Ourougouái)
• Gujarati: ઉરુગ્વે (urugve)
• Hebrew: אורוגוואי m (urugvay)
• Hindi: उरुग्वे (hi) (urugve)
• Hungarian: Uruguay (hu)
• Icelandic: Úrúgvæ (is) n
• Indonesian: Uruguay (id)
• Interlingua: Uruguay
• Irish: Uragua m
• Italian: Uruguay (it) m
• Japanese: ウルグアイ (ja) (Uruguai)
• Kalenjin: Urugwai
• Kamba: Urugwai
• Kannada: ಉರುಗ್ವೆ (kn) (urugve)
• Kazakh: Уругвай (Urugvai)
• Khmer: អ៊ុយរូហ្គាយ (ʼuyruugiəy)
• Kikuyu: Urugwai
• Korean: 우루과이 (Urugwai)
• Kyrgyz: Уругвай (ky) (Urugvay)
• Lao: ອູຣູກວາຍ (ʼū rūk wāi)
• Latin: Uraquaria f
• Latvian: Urugvaja (lv) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Lithuanian: Urugvajus (lt) m
• Luhya: Urugwai
• Luo: Urugwai
• Macedonian: Уругвај m (Urugvaj)
• Malay: Uruguay
• Malayalam: ഉറുഗ്വേ (uṟugvē)
• Maltese: l-Urugwaj
• Maori: Urukuai
• Marathi: उरुग्वे (urugve)
• Meru: Urugwai
• Mongolian: Уругвай (Urugvaj)
• Navajo: Táłtłʼááh Chʼosh Bitooh
• Nepali: उरुग्वे (urugve)
• Norman: Uruguay m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Uruguay

  Nynorsk: Uruguay (nn)

• Oriya: ଉରୁଗୁଏ (urugue)
• Persian: اروگوئه (orugu'e)
• Polish: Urugwaj (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Uruguai (pt) m
• Romanian: Uruguay (ro) n
• Russian: Уругва́й (ru) m (Urugváj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Уругвај m

  Roman: Urugvaj (sh) m

• Sinhalese: උරුගුව (uruguwa)
• Slovak: Uruguaj m
• Slovene: Urugvaj (sl) m
• Spanish: Uruguay (es) m
• Swahili: Urugwai (sw)
• Swedish: Uruguay (sv)
• Tagalog: Urugway
• Tajik: Уругвай (tg) (Urugvay)
• Tamil: உருகுவை (urukuvai)
• Tatar: Уругвай (Uruğway)
• Telugu: ఉరుగ్వే (te) (urugvē)
• Thai: อุรุกวัย (th) (ù-rú-gwai)
• Turkish: Uruguay (tr)
• Turkmen: Urugwaý
• Ukrainian: Уругва́й (uk) m (Uruhváj)
• Urdu: یوراگوئے (yūrāgū'e)
• Uyghur: ئۇرۇگۋاي (urugway)
• Uzbek: Urugvay (uz)
• Vietnamese: U-ru-goay, 鳥河 (Điểu Hà)
• Volapük: Luruguyän (vo)
• Yiddish: אורוגווײַ (urugvay)
• Yoruba: Nruguayi

See also

• (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

---

Asturian

Proper noun

Uruguay ?

1. Uruguay (country)

Related terms

• uruguayu

---

Czech

Proper noun

Uruguay

1. Uruguay

Related terms

• uruguayský
• Uruguayec

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

---

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Uruguay n

1. Uruguay

---

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuruɡʋɑi̯/, [ˈuruɡʋɑ̝i̯]

Proper noun

Uruguay

1. Uruguay

Declension

Inflection of Uruguay (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative		Uruguay	—
genitive		Uruguayn	—
partitive		Uruguayta	—
illative		Uruguayhin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Uruguay	—
accusative	nom.	Uruguay	—
	gen.	Uruguayn
genitive		Uruguayn	—
partitive		Uruguayta	—
inessive		Uruguayssa	—
elative		Uruguaysta	—
illative		Uruguayhin	—
adessive		Uruguaylla	—
ablative		Uruguaylta	—
allative		Uruguaylle	—
essive		Uruguayna	—
translative		Uruguayksi	—
abessive		Uruguaytta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Uruguay (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Uruguayni — accusative nom. Uruguayni — gen. Uruguayni genitive Uruguayni — partitive Uruguaytani — inessive Uruguayssani — elative Uruguaystani — illative Uruguayhini — adessive Uruguayllani — ablative Uruguayltani — allative Uruguaylleni — essive Uruguaynani — translative Uruguaykseni — abessive Uruguayttani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Uruguaysi — accusative nom. Uruguaysi — gen. Uruguaysi genitive Uruguaysi — partitive Uruguaytasi — inessive Uruguayssasi — elative Uruguaystasi — illative Uruguayhisi — adessive Uruguayllasi — ablative Uruguayltasi — allative Uruguayllesi — essive Uruguaynasi — translative Uruguayksesi — abessive Uruguayttasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Uruguaymme — accusative nom. Uruguaymme — gen. Uruguaymme genitive Uruguaymme — partitive Uruguaytamme — inessive Uruguayssamme — elative Uruguaystamme — illative Uruguayhimme — adessive Uruguayllamme — ablative Uruguayltamme — allative Uruguayllemme — essive Uruguaynamme — translative Uruguayksemme — abessive Uruguayttamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Uruguaynne — accusative nom. Uruguaynne — gen. Uruguaynne genitive Uruguaynne — partitive Uruguaytanne — inessive Uruguayssanne — elative Uruguaystanne — illative Uruguayhinne — adessive Uruguayllanne — ablative Uruguayltanne — allative Uruguayllenne — essive Uruguaynanne — translative Uruguayksenne — abessive Uruguayttanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Uruguaynsa — accusative nom. Uruguaynsa — gen. Uruguaynsa genitive Uruguaynsa — partitive Uruguaytaan Uruguaytansa — inessive Uruguayssaan Uruguayssansa — elative Uruguaystaan Uruguaystansa — illative Uruguayhinsa — adessive Uruguayllaan Uruguayllansa — ablative Uruguayltaan Uruguayltansa — allative Uruguaylleen Uruguayllensa — essive Uruguaynaan Uruguaynansa — translative Uruguaykseen Uruguayksensa — abessive Uruguayttaan Uruguayttansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• uruguaylainen

---

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.ʁy.ɡwe/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Uruguay m

1. Uruguay

Derived terms

• Uruguéen
• uruguéen

---

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Uruguay n (proper noun, strong, genitive Uruguays)

1. Uruguay

Derived terms

• Uruguayer
• Uruguayerin
• uruguayisch

---

Italian

Proper noun

Uruguay m

1. Uruguay

Derived terms

• uruguayano / uruguaiano

---

Norwegian Bokmål

Flag of Uruguay

Proper noun

Uruguay

1. Uruguay

Related terms

• uruguayaner
• uruguayansk

---

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Uruguay

1. Uruguay

Related terms

• uruguayan, uruguayanar
• uruguayansk

---

Portuguese

Proper noun

Uruguay m

1. Obsolete spelling of Uruguai.

---

Spanish

Etymology

Disputed; (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Guaraní urugua (“shellfish”) i (“water”) or uru (“kind of bird”) gua (“from”) i (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uɾuˈɡwai/ [u.ɾuˈɣ̞wai̯]

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Uruguay m

1. Uruguay
2. Uruguay River

Usage notes

The definite article is optional when referring to Uruguay in Spanish (i.e. el Uruguay).

Derived terms

• uruguayo

Related terms

• Paraguay

---

Swedish

Proper noun

Uruguay n (genitive Uruguays)

1. Uruguay

---

Turkish

Proper noun

Uruguay

1. Uruguay

Derived terms

• Uruguaylı

---

Venetian

Proper noun

Uruguay

1. Uruguay