Montevideo

There is general agreement that the first two syllables come from Spanish or 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".

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɒntɪvɪˈdeɪəʊ/

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• IPA^(key): (Minnesota city) /ˌmɒntɪˈvɪdiəʊ/

Montevideo

2. The capital city of Uruguay.
   • 2021, Damon Albarn, “The Tower of Montevideo”, in The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows:

     The Tower of Montevideo has many rooms / Some of them are empty since I left you

3. A city, the county seat of Chippewa County, Minnesota, United States.

Montevideo m

1. Montevideo (the capital city of Uruguay)

Montevideo

1. Montevideo (the capital city of Uruguay)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmontɛvɪdɛo]

Montevideo n (relational adjective montevidejský)

1. Montevideo (the capital city of Uruguay)

• “Montevideo”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Montevideo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Montevideo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Montevideo

1. Rōmaji transcription of モンテヴィデオ

Borrowed from Spanish Montevideo.

• IPA^(key): /mɔn.tɛ.viˈdɛ.ɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɔ
• Syllabification: Mon‧te‧vi‧de‧o

Montevideo n (indeclinable)

1. Montevideo (the capital city of Uruguay)

• Montevideo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔnceviɟeɔ]

Montevideo n (genitive singular Montevidea)

1. Montevideo (the capital of Uruguay)

• “Montevideo”, 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

• IPA^(key): /montebiˈdeo/ [mõn̪.t̪e.β̞iˈð̞e.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: Mon‧te‧vi‧de‧o

Montevideo ?

1. Montevideo (the capital city of Uruguay)
2. Montevideo (a department of Uruguay)