Montenegro
UK/mɒntɪˈniːɹəʊ/
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British/mɔntɪˈnɪjɡɹəw/
Montenegro proper noun: a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Capital and largest city: Podgorica. Part of Yugoslavia until 2003, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.
Proper noun (1)
Montenegro (plural Montenegros)
- A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Capital and largest city: Podgorica. Part of Yugoslavia until 2003, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.
- For centuries a theocracy ruled by bishops, Montenegro maintained its autonomy during the Ottoman period.1990 August, Kenneth C. Danforth, “Yugoslavia: A House Much Divided”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 105
- A man shot dead 12 people in a rampage in a small town in Montenegro before dying from self-inflicted injuries early on Thursday, authorities said, in one of the tiny Balkan nation’s worst mass killings.2025 January 1, Reuters, “Suspect in Montenegro shooting dies from self-inflicted injuries after killing at least 12 people”, in CNN
Proper noun (2)
Montenegro (uncountable)
- A barangay of Balatan, Camarines Sur, Philippines.
Montenegro meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Montenegro in Hindi
- country in Europe
- मोंटेनेग्रो mõṭenegro
Montenegro in Tamil
- country in Europe
- மொண்டெனேகுரோ moṇṭeṉēkurō
Montenegro in Marathi
- country in Europe
- माँटेनिग्रो mŏṇṭenigro
Montenegro in Urdu
- country in Europe
- مونْٹینِیگْرو monṭenīgro, کالا پَہاڑ kālā pahāṛ, کوہِ سِیَہْ koh-i siyah, کوہِ سِیاہ koh-i siyāh
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- Montenegro in Bengali
- মন্টিনিগ্রো monṭinigrō, কালাপাহাড় kalapahaṛ
- Montenegro in Telugu
- మాంటెనెగ్రో māṇṭenegrō
- Montenegro in Malayalam
- മൊണ്ടിനെഗ്രോ moṇṭinegrō
- Montenegro in Kannada
- ಮಾಂಟೆನೆಗ್ರೊ māṇṭenegro
- Montenegro in Punjabi
- ਮੋਂਟੇਨੇਗਰੋ moṇṭenegro
- Montenegro in Gujarati
- મોન્ટેનીગ્રો monṭenīgro
- Montenegro in Sinhala
- මොන්ටිනිග්රෝ monṭinigrō
- Montenegro in Pashto
- مانټېنېګرو
- Montenegro in Tagalog
- Montenegro, Itimbundok
- Montenegro in Arabic
- الْجَبَلُ الْأَسْوَد al-jabalu l-ʔaswad
- Montenegro in Malay
- Montenegro
- Montenegro in Indonesian
- Montenegro
- Montenegro in Thai
- มอนเตเนโกร mɔɔn-dtee-nee-groo
- Montenegro in Vietnamese
- Môn-tê-nê-grô, Hắc Sơn, Xơ-na-go-ra
- Montenegro in Myanmar
- မွန်တီနီဂရိုး mwantiniga.rui:
- Dhivehi
- މޮންޓެނީގުރޯ mon̊ṭenīgurō
Forms of Montenegro
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Origin of Montenegro
Borrowed from Venetan Montenegro (from mónte + negro, literally “black mountain”), a calque of Serbo-Croatian Cȓnā Gòra, referring to Mount Lovćen.
Phrases with Montenegro
Questions about Montenegro
- What does Montenegro mean?
- Montenegro means a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Capital and largest city: Podgorica. Part of Yugoslavia until 2003, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.
- What is Montenegro in Hindi?
- Montenegro in Hindi is मोंटेनेग्रो (mõṭenegro). See Montenegro meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Montenegro?
- Montenegro is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Montenegro?
- Montenegro is pronounced /mɒntɪˈniːɹəʊ/ (UK).
Words near Montenegro in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Montenegro (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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