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English
Etymology
From Venetan Montenegro ( from monte + negro , literally “ black mountain ” ) , a calque of Serbo-Croatian Cȓnā Gòra , referring to Mt Lovćen .
Pronunciation
( UK ) IPA (key ) : /mɒn.tɪˈnɛɡ.ɹəʊ/ , /mɒn.tɪˈneɪ.ɡɹəʊ/
( US ) IPA (key ) : /ˌmɑn.təˈneɪ.ɡɹoʊ/ , /ˌmɑn.tɪˈni.ɡɹoʊ/
Proper noun
Montenegro (plural Montenegroes )
A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe . Capital and largest city: Podgorica . Part of Yugoslavia until 2003, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.
Descendants
→ Japanese: モンテネグロ ( Monteneguro )
Translations
country in Europe
Acehnese: Monténègrô
Afrikaans: Montenegro
Albanian: Mal i Zi m ( indefinite ) , Mali i Zi (sq) m ( definite )
Amharic: ሞንቴኔግሮ ( montenegro )
Arabic: الْجَبَل الْأَسْوَد f ( al-jabal al-ʔaswad ) , مُونْتِينِيغْرُو f ( montinīḡro )
Hijazi Arabic: الجبل الأسود m ( al-jabal al-ʔaswad ) , مونْتِنيقرو f ( mōntinēgru )
Armenian: Չեռնոգորիա ( Čʻeṙnogoria ) , Մոնտենեգրո ( Montenegro )
Aromanian: Muntinigru m , Muntenigru m
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܛܘܼܪܵܐ ܐ݇ܟܘܿܡܵܐ m or f ( ṭūrā kōmā )
Asturian: Montenegro (ast)
Azerbaijani: Çernoqoriya (az) , Monteneqro (az)
Cyrillic: Черногория (az)
Bashkir: Черногория ( Çernogoriya )
Belarusian: Чарнаго́рыя f ( Čarnahóryja )
Bengali: মন্টিনিগ্রো (bn) ( monṭinigrō ) , কালাপাহাড় (bn) ( kalapahaṛ )
Bulgarian: Че́рна гора́ f ( Čérna gorá )
Burmese: မွန်တီနီဂရိုး ( mwantiniga.rui: )
Carpathian Rusyn: Чорна Гора f ( Čorna Hora )
Catalan: Montenegro (ca) m
Chechen: ӏаьржаламанчоь ( ˀäržalamančö )
Cherokee: ᎼᏂᏔᏁᎦᎶ ( monitanegalo )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 黑山 ( hak1 saan1 )
Mandarin: 黑山 (zh) ( Hēishān ) , 蒙特內哥羅 / 蒙特内哥罗 (zh) ( Méngtènèigēluò ) ( Taiwan ) , 蒙特尼哥羅 / 蒙特尼哥罗 ( Méngtènígēluò ) ( Taiwan )
Chuvash: Черногори ( Černogori )
Crimean Tatar: Montenegro
Czech: Černá Hora (cs) f
Danish: Montenegro (da)
Dhivehi: މޮންޓެނީގުރޯ ( mon̊ṭenīgurō )
Dutch: Montenegro (nl) n
Esperanto: Montenegro (eo)
Estonian: Montenegro (et) , Tšernogooria (et) ( dated )
Farefare: Montenegro , Zoore-sabga
Faroese: Montenegro n , Svartafjall n
Finnish: Montenegro (fi)
French: Monténégro (fr) m
Galician: Montenegro (gl) m
Georgian: მონტენეგრო (ka) ( monṭenegro ) ( mainstream usage ) , ჩერნოგორია ( černogoria ) ( somewhat dated )
German: Montenegro (de) n , Schwarzenberg (de) n ( very rare, literally )
Greek: Μαυροβούνιο (el) n ( Mavrovoúnio )
Pontic Greek: Μαυροβούνιον n ( Mavrovoúnion )
Gujarati: મોન્ટેનીગ્રો ( monṭenīgro )
Hausa: Montenegro
Hebrew: מוֹנְטֶנֶגְרוֹ (he) f ( montenégro )
Hindi: मोंटेनीगरो m ( moṇṭenīgro )
Hungarian: Montenegró (hu)
Icelandic: Svartfjallaland (is) n
Ido: Montenegro (io)
Indonesian: Montenegro (id)
Interlingua: Montenegro
Irish: Montainéagró m
Italian: Montenegro (it) m
Japanese: モンテネグロ (ja) ( Monteneguro ) , ツルナ・ゴーラ ( Tsuruna Gōra )
Kannada: ಮಾಂಟೆನೆಗ್ರೊ (kn) ( māṇṭenegro )
Karakalpak: Shernogoriya
Kazakh: Черногория (kk) ( Çernogoriä ) , Қаратау ( Qaratau )
Khmer: ម៉ុងតេនីក្រូ ( mongteeniikrou )
Komi-Permyak: Цӧрнагора ( Cörnagora )
Korean: 몬테네그로 (ko) ( Montenegeuro ) , 쯔르나고라 (ko) ( Jjeureunagora ) ( North Korea )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Montenegro (ku)
Kyrgyz: Черногория (ky) ( Cernogoriya ) , Каратоо (ky) sg ( Karatoo )
Lao: ມອນເຕເນໂກຣ ( mǭn tē nē kō ) , ມົງເຕເນໂກຣ ( mong tē nē kō )
Latin: Mōns Niger m
Latvian: Melnkalne (lv) f
Lithuanian: Juodkalnija (lt) f
Macedonian: Црна Гора (mk) f ( Crna Gora )
Malay: Montenegro (ms)
Malayalam: മൊണ്ടിനെഗ്രോ ( moṇṭinegrō )
Maori: Monotenēro , Monotenīkoro
Marathi: माँटेनिग्रो ( mŏṇṭenigro )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Монтенегро ( Montenegro ) , Черногор ( Černogor )
Navajo: Dziłizhin bikéyah
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Montenegro (no) n
Ottoman Turkish: قره طاغ ( kara dağ )
Pannonian Rusyn: Чарна Гора f ( Čarna Hora )
Pashto: مانټېنېګرو
Persian:
Iranian Persian: مونْتِهنِگْرو ( monte-negru )
Polish: Czarnogóra (pl) f
Portuguese: Montenegro (pt) m
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਮੋਂਟੇਨੇਗਰੋ m ( moṇṭenegro )
Romanian: Muntenegru (ro) n
Russian: Черного́рия (ru) f ( Černogórija ) , Монтене́гро (ru) f ( Montɛnɛ́gro )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Цр̑на̄ Го̀ра f
Roman: Cȓnā Gòra (sh) f
Sicilian: Montenegru m
Silesian: Czorno Gůra f
Sinhalese: මොන්ටිනිග්රෝ ( monṭinigrō )
Slovak: Čierna Hora f
Slovene: Čŕna gôra (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Carnogórska f
Upper Sorbian: Čorna Hora f
Spanish: Montenegro (es) m
Swedish: Montenegro (sv) n
Tagalog: Montenegro
Tajik: Черногория ( Černogoriya ) , Кӯҳистоги Сиёҳ ( Kühistog-i Siyoh ) , Монтенегро ( Montenegro )
Tamil: மொண்டெனேகுரோ ( moṇṭeṉēkurō )
Tatar: Монтенегро ( Montenegro ) , Черногория ( Çernoğoriyä ) , Каратау ( Qarataw )
Telugu: మాంటెనెగ్రో ( māṇṭenegrō )
Thai: มอนเตเนโกร ( mɔɔn-dtee-nee-groo )
Tibetan: མོན་ཊེནིག་རོ ( mon ṭenig ro )
Tigrinya: ሞንቴኔግሮ ( montenegro )
Turkish: Karadağ (tr)
Turkmen: Çernogoriýa , Montenegro , Garadag
Udmurt: Черногория ( Ćernogorija )
Ukrainian: Чорного́рія (uk) ( Čornohórija ) , Монтене́гро f or n ( Montenéhro ) , Монтене́ґро f or n ( Montenégro )
Urdu: مونْٹینِیگْرو m ( monṭenīgro )
Uyghur: چېرنوگورىيە ( chërnogoriye ) , مونتەنەگرو ( montenegro )
Uzbek: Chernogoriya (uz) , Montenegro (uz)
Vietnamese: Môn-tê-nê-grô , Hắc Sơn (黑山 ), Xơ-na-go-ra
Volapük: Montenegrän (vo)
Yakut: Монтенегро ( Montenegro ) , Хара Хайа ( Qara Qaya )
Yiddish: מאָנטענעגראָ n ( montenegro )
Yoruba: Mọtinegoro
Zazaki: Montenegro ( Southern Zazaki )
See also
Further reading
Proper noun
Montenegro (uncountable )
A barangay of Balatan , Camarines Sur , Philippines .
Coordinate terms: Cabanbanan , Cabungan , Camangahan , Cayogcog , Coguit , Duran , Laganac , Luluasan , Montenegro , Pararao , Pulang Daga , Sagrada Nacacale , San Francisco , Santiago Nacacale , Siramag , Tapayas , Tomatarayo — barangays of Balatan
Afrikaans
Proper noun
Montenegro
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
Asturian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Montenegro m
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
Basque
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /monteneɡro/
Rhymes: -eɡro , -o
Hyphenation: Mon‧te‧ne‧gro
Proper noun
Montenegro inan
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
Declension
Derived terms
See also
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Montenegro m
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
Crimean Tatar
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: Mon‧te‧neg‧ro
Proper noun
Montenegro
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
References
Danish
Proper noun
Montenegro
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
Derived terms
See also
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˌmɔn.təˈneː.ɣroː/ , /-ɡroː/
Hyphenation: Mon‧te‧ne‧gro
Proper noun
Montenegro n (adjective Montenegrijns , demonym Montenegrijn m or Montenegrijnse f )
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
See also
Esperanto
Montenegro
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Montenegro (accusative Montenegron )
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
Meronyms
See also
Estonian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Montenegro (genitive Montenegro , partitive Montenegrot )
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
Declension
See also
References
Faroese
Etymology
From Venetan Montenegro ( “ black mountain ” ) , a calque of Serbo-Croatian Cȓnā Gòra .
Proper noun
Montenegro n
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
See also
Finnish
Etymology
From Venetan Montenegro .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈmont(ː)eneɡro/ ,
Rhymes: -eɡro
Hyphenation(key ) : Mon‧te‧neg‧ro
Proper noun
Montenegro
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
Declension
Derived terms
See also
Galician
Etymology 1
From monte + negro , "Black Mountain".
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Montenegro m
an ancient territory in northern Galicia
a surname
Etymology 2
From Venetan Montenegro .
Proper noun
Montenegro m
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
Derived terms
References
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Montenegro n (proper noun , genitive Montenegros or ( optionally with an article ) Montenegro )
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
Synonym: ( archaic; before World War I ) Schwarzenberg
Derived terms
See also
Ido
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Montenegro
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
See also
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˌmon.teˈne.ɡro/
Rhymes: -eɡro
Hyphenation: Mon‧te‧né‧gro
Proper noun
Montenegro m
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
Derived terms
See also
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Montenegro
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Montenegro
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -eɡɾu
Hyphenation: Mon‧te‧ne‧gro
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Venetan Montenegro . By surface analysis , monte ( “ mountain ” ) + negro ( “ dark ” ) .
Proper noun
Montenegro m
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
Usage notes
Montenegro is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal .
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Montenegro m
A parish of Faro , Portugal
Etymology 3
Proper noun
Montenegro m or f by sense
a surname
Etymology 4
Ellipsis of São João de Montenegro . First attested in 1916.[ 1]
Proper noun
Montenegro m
A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul , Brazil
References
^ “Montenegro ”, in Cidades@ (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: IBGE, 2023
Sardinian
Proper noun
Montenegro ?
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /monteˈneɡɾo/
Rhymes: -eɡɾo
Syllabification: Mon‧te‧ne‧gro
Proper noun
Montenegro m
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
a surname
Derived terms
See also
Swedish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Montenegro n (genitive Montenegros )
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
See also
References
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Montenegro ( “ Montenegro ” ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Montenegro (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜓ )
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
a surname from Spanish , the 460th most common in the Philippines
Veps
Etymology
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Proper noun
Montenegro (genitive Montenegron , partitive Montenegrod )
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
Inflection
Synonyms
Welsh
Proper noun
Montenegro m
Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe )
Coordinate terms