Etymology

Monterrey

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Today it means: A city, the capital of the state of Nuevo León, Mexico. Full definition →

Spanish Monterrey ← Galician Monterrei
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The story

  1. Galician · derived fromMonterrei
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromMonterrey
  3. English todayMonterrey

Borrowed from Spanish Monterrey, from Galician Monterrei, from monte (“mountain”) + rei (“king”).

Words from the same roots

SpanishMonterrey all →

GalicianMonterrei all →

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