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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Medellín.
Proper noun
Medellín
- A city and department capital of Antioquia department, Colombia; the second-largest city in Colombia
Translations
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /medeˈʝin/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /medeˈʎin/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /medeˈʃin/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /medeˈʒin/
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: Me‧de‧llín
Etymology 1
From Latin Metellīnum, named after the Roman General Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius in 75 BC who founded the village as a military base.
Proper noun
Medellín
- A village in Extremadura, Spain
References
- ^ “Ayuntamiento de Medellín (España). Toponímicos de Medellín”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name) (in Spanish), 2019 July 27 (last accessed), archived from the original on 9 June 2008
Etymology 2
Named after the village in Spain with the same name.
Proper noun
Medellín
- Medellín (a city in Antioquia department, Colombia; the second-largest city in Colombia)