Montenegro

Etymology

Borrowed 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/

• Audio (UK):

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• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Montenegro (plural Montenegros)

2. 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.
   • 2025 January 1, Reuters, “Suspect in Montenegro shooting dies from self-inflicted injuries after killing at least 12 people”, in CNN‎:

     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.

Proper noun

Montenegro (uncountable)

1. 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

Proper noun

Montenegro

1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe; capital and largest city: Podgoritsa)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monteˈneɡɾo/ [mõn̪.t̪eˈne.ɣ̞ɾo]

Proper noun

Montenegro m

1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monteneɡro/ [mõn̪.t̪e.ne.ɣ̞ro]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eɡro, -o
• Hyphenation: Mon‧te‧ne‧gro

Proper noun

Montenegro inan

1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

See also

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mun.təˈnɛ.ɣɾu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mon.təˈnə.ɣɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mon.teˈne.ɣɾo]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Proper noun

Montenegro m

1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Mon‧te‧neg‧ro

Proper noun

Montenegro

1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

References

• “Montenegro”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Proper noun

Montenegro

1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

See also

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Montenegro, it in turn being a calque of Serbo-Croatian Cȓnā Gòra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɔn.təˈneː.ɣroː/, /-ɡroː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Mon‧te‧ne‧gro

Proper noun

Montenegro n (adjective Montenegrijns, demonym Montenegrijn m or Montenegrijnse f)

1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

See also

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [monteˈneɡro]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eɡro
• Hyphenation: Mon‧te‧ne‧gro

Proper noun

Montenegro (accusative Montenegron)

1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

See also

Bosnio kaj Hercegovino		Serbio
		Kosovo
Adriatiko		Albanio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monteˈneɡ̊ro/, [monteˈneɡ̊ro]

Proper noun

Montenegro (genitive Montenegro, partitive Montenegrot)

1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

See also

References

• Montenegro in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Etymology

From Venetan Montenegro (“black mountain”), a calque of Serbo-Croatian Cȓnā Gòra.

Proper noun

Montenegro n

1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

See also

• Svartafjall

Etymology

From Venetan Montenegro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmont(ː)eneɡro/, [ˈmo̞n̪t̪(ː)e̞ˌne̞ɡro̞]
• Rhymes: -eɡro
• Hyphenation^(key): Mon‧te‧neg‧ro

Proper noun

Montenegro

1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

See also

Etymology 1

From monte + negro, "Black Mountain".

Etymology 2

From Venetan Montenegro.

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “Montenegro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Montenegro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “Montenegro” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Montenegro n (proper noun, genitive Montenegros or (optionally with an article) Montenegro)

1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

   Synonym: (archaic; before World War I) Schwarzenberg

See also

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monteˈneɡro/

Proper noun

Montenegro

1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

See also