Uruguay

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Uruguay, of disputed origin. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈjʊə.ɹə.ɡwaɪ/, /ˈʊɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈjʊɹ.ə.ɡwaɪ/, /ˈʊɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/ === Proper noun === Uruguay A country in South America. Official name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay. Capital and largest city: Montevideo. ==== Derived terms ==== Uruguayan ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Translingual: Uruguaya ==== Translations ==== === See also === == Asturian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uɾuˈɡwai̯/ [u.ɾuˈɡwai̯] Rhymes: -ai̯ Syllabification: U‧ru‧guay === Proper noun === Uruguay m Uruguay (a country in South America) ==== Related terms ==== uruguayu == Central Huasteca Nahuatl == === Proper noun === Uruguay Uruguay (a country in South America) == Central Nahuatl == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Uruguay. === Proper noun === Uruguay Uruguay (a country in South America) == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈuruɡvaj] === Proper noun === Uruguay f (relational adjective uruguayský, demonym Uruguayec) Uruguay (a country in South America) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “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), 2008–2026 == Danish == === Proper noun === Uruguay Uruguay (a country in South America) == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Uruguay n Uruguay (a country in South America) == Finnish == === Etymology === From Spanish Uruguay. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈuruɡʋɑi̯/, [ˈuruɡʋɑ̝i̯] Rhymes: -uruɡʋɑi === Proper noun === Uruguay Uruguay (a country in South America) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /y.ʁy.ɡwɛ/, /y.ʁy.ɡwe/ === Proper noun === Uruguay m Uruguay (a country in South America) ==== Derived terms ==== Uruguayen uruguayen == German == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Uruguay n (proper noun, genitive Uruguays or (optionally with an article) Uruguay) Uruguay (a country in South America) ==== Derived terms ==== Uruguayer uruguayisch === Further reading === “Uruguay” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈuruɡvaːj] Hyphenation: Uru‧guay Rhymes: -aːj === Proper noun === Uruguay Uruguay (a country in South America; official name: Uruguayi Keleti Köztársaság) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== uruguayi === See also === == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Uruguay. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /u.ruˈɡwaj/ Rhymes: -aj Hyphenation: U‧ru‧guày === Proper noun === Uruguay m Uruguay (a country in South America) ==== Derived terms ==== uruguayano / uruguaiano == Norwegian Bokmål == === Proper noun === Uruguay Uruguay (a country in South America) ==== Related terms ==== uruguayaner uruguayansk == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Proper noun === Uruguay Uruguay (a country in South America) ==== Related terms ==== uruguayan, uruguayanar uruguayansk == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Uruguay m obsolete spelling of Uruguai == Spanish == === Etymology === Disputed, either: Paraguayan Guarani urugua y (literally “water shellfish”), from urugua (“shellfish”) +‎ y (“water”); or Paraguayan Guarani uru gua y (literally “type of water bird”) from uru (“type of bird”) +‎ gua (“from”) +‎ y (“water”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uɾuˈɡwai/ [u.ɾuˈɣ̞wai̯] Rhymes: -ai Syllabification: U‧ru‧guay === Proper noun === Uruguay m Uruguay (a country in South America) Uruguay River (a major river in South America) ==== Usage notes ==== The definite article is optional when referring to Uruguay in Spanish (i.e. el Uruguay). ==== Derived terms ==== uruguayizar uruguayo / uruguaya ==== Related terms ==== == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Uruguay n (genitive Uruguays) Uruguay (a country in South America) ==== Derived terms ==== uruguayan uruguayansk uruguayanska uruguayare uruguaysk ==== See also ==== === Further reading === Uruguay in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024) Svensk MeSH == Turkish == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Uruguay Uruguay (a country in South America) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Uruguaylı === See also === == Venetan == === Proper noun === Uruguay m Uruguay (a country in South America) == Western Huasteca Nahuatl == === Proper noun === Uruguay Uruguay (a country in South America)