Maputo
See also: maputo
English
Etymology
From Portuguese Maputo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məˈpuːtəʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Maputo
- The capital city of Mozambique.
- 2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 114:
- Then came a rough exultant voice, ‘This is the Voice of Zimbabwe broadcasting from Maputo!’
- A river in southeastern Africa.
Synonyms
- Lourenço Marques (pre-independence), City of Acacias, Pearl of the Indian Ocean (nicknames)
Translations
capital of Mozambique
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Anagrams
Afrikaans
Proper noun
Maputo
- Maputo (the capital city of Mozambique)
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmaputo]
Proper noun
Maputo n (relational adjective maputský)
- Maputo (the capital city of Mozambique)
- Maputo (a river in southeastern Africa)
Declension
Declension of Maputo (sg-only hard neuter)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Maputo |
| genitive | Maputa |
| dative | Maputu |
| accusative | Maputo |
| vocative | Maputo |
| locative | Maputu |
| instrumental | Maputem |
Further reading
- “Maputo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Esperanto
Etymology
From Portuguese Maputo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈputo/
- Rhymes: -uto
- Hyphenation: Ma‧pu‧to
Proper noun
Maputo (accusative Maputon)
- Maputo (the capital city of Mozambique)
- Maputo (a river in southeastern Africa)
Holonyms
- Mozambiko (“Mozambique”)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈpu.tɔ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -utɔ
- Syllabification: Ma‧pu‧to
Proper noun
Maputo n (indeclinable, related adjective maputański)
- Maputo (the capital city of Mozambique)
- Maputo (a river in southeastern Africa)
Derived terms
nouns
- maputanka
- maputańczyk
References
- Maputo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈpu.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈpu.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈpu.tu/
- Hyphenation: Ma‧pu‧to
Proper noun
Maputo m
- Maputo (the capital city of Mozambique)
- Maputo (a river in southeastern Africa)
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmaputɔ]
Proper noun
Maputo n (genitive singular Maputa, declension pattern of mesto)
- Maputo (the capital of Mozambique)
References
- “Maputo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025