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Uruguay

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

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Disputed; Guaraní urugua (shellfish) y (water) or uru (kind of bird) gua (from) y (water).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈjʊə.ɹə.ɡwaɪ/, /ˈʊɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈjʊɹ.ə.ɡwaɪ/, /ˈʊɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/
  • Audio (US):Duration: 2 seconds.(file)
  • Audio (US):Duration: 2 seconds.(file)

Proper noun

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Uruguay

  1. A country in South America. Official name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay. Capital and largest city: Montevideo.

Derived terms

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Translations

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See also

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Asturian

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Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ast

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /uɾuˈɡwai/, [u.ɾuˈɣ̞wai̯]

Proper noun

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Uruguay m

  1. Uruguay (a country in South America)
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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

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Proper noun

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Uruguay

  1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Central Nahuatl

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Uruguay.

Proper noun

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Uruguay

  1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Uruguay f (related adjective uruguayský, demonym Uruguayec)

  1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Uruguay”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • Uruguay”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • Uruguay”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

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Proper noun

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Uruguay

  1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:Duration: 2 seconds.(file)

Proper noun

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Uruguay n

  1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Finnish

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Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Etymology

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From Spanish Uruguay.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Uruguay

  1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Declension

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more ▼Inflection of Uruguay (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative Uruguay
genitive Uruguayn
partitive Uruguayta
illative Uruguayhin
more ▼Possessive forms of Uruguay (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)

Derived terms

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compounds

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /y.ʁy.ɡwɛ/, /y.ʁy.ɡwe/
  • Audio:Duration: 2 seconds.(file)

Proper noun

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Uruguay m

  1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms

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German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:Duration: 2 seconds.(file)

Proper noun

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Uruguay n (proper noun, genitive Uruguays or (optionally with an article) Uruguay)

  1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Uruguay” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

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Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia hu

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈuruɡvaːj]
  • Hyphenation: Uru‧guay
  • Rhymes: -aːj

Proper noun

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Uruguay

  1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Declension

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more ▼Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
more ▼Possessive forms of Uruguay

Derived terms

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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Uruguay.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /u.ruˈɡwaj/
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Hyphenation: U‧ru‧guày

Proper noun

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Uruguay m

  1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no
Flag of Uruguay

Proper noun

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Uruguay

  1. Uruguay (a country in South America)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun

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Uruguay

  1. Uruguay (a country in South America)
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Portuguese

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Proper noun

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Uruguay m

  1. Obsolete spelling of Uruguai.

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Disputed, either:

  • Guaraní urugua y (literally water shellfish), from urugua (shellfish) +‎ y (water); or
  • Guaraní uru gua y (literally type of water bird) from uru (type of bird) +‎ gua (from) +‎ y (water).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /uɾuˈɡwai/ [u.ɾuˈɣ̞wai̯]
  • Audio (Peru); Uruguay; capital: Montevideo:Duration: 4 seconds.(file)
  • Rhymes: -ai
  • Syllabification: U‧ru‧guay

Proper noun

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Uruguay m

  1. Uruguay (a country in South America)
  2. Uruguay River (a major river in South America)

Usage notes

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  • The definite article is optional when referring to Uruguay in Spanish (i.e. el Uruguay).

Derived terms

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:Duration: 2 seconds.(file)

Proper noun

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Uruguay n (genitive Uruguays)

  1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Turkish

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Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia tr

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:Duration: 1 second.(file)

Proper noun

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Uruguay

  1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Declension

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show ▼Declension of Uruguay
singular
nominative Uruguay
accusative Uruguay'ı
dative Uruguay'a
locative Uruguay'da
ablative Uruguay'dan
genitive Uruguay'ın

Derived terms

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See also

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Venetan

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Proper noun

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Uruguay m

  1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

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Proper noun

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Uruguay

  1. Uruguay (a country in South America)