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Montevideo

/ˌmɒntɪvɪˈdeɪəʊ/

Montevideo proper noun: the capital city of Uruguay.

Proper noun

Montevideo

  1. The capital city of Uruguay.
    • The Tower of Montevideo has many rooms / Some of them are empty since I left you2021, Damon Albarn, “The Tower of Montevideo”, in The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
  2. A city, the county seat of Chippewa County, Minnesota, United States.

Montevideo meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Arabic and Persian

Montevideo in Hindi

capital of Uruguay
मोंटेवीडियो mõṭevīḍiyo

Montevideo in Bengali

উরুগুয়ের রাজধানী শহর

Montevideo in Arabic

capital of Uruguay
مُونْتِيفِيدِيُو muntifīdiyū

Montevideo in Persian

capital of Uruguay
مونتویدئو montevide'o
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Montevideo in Vietnamese
Môn-tê-vi-đê-ô

Origin of 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".

Words formed from Montevideo

Questions about Montevideo

What does Montevideo mean?
Montevideo means the capital city of Uruguay.
What is Montevideo in Hindi?
Montevideo in Hindi is मोंटेवीडियो (mõṭevīḍiyo). See Montevideo meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Montevideo?
Montevideo is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Montevideo?
Montevideo is pronounced /ˌmɒntɪvɪˈdeɪəʊ/.

Words near Montevideo in the dictionary

  1. Monteverde
  2. Monteverdes
  3. Monteverdian
  4. Montevidean
  5. Montevideans
  6. Montevideo
  7. Montevista
  8. Montez
  9. Montezes
  10. Montezuma
  11. Montezuma County

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Montevideo (page history and authors); Montevideo (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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