Meanings
plural Montenegros
- A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Capital and largest city: Podgorica. Part of Yugoslavia until 2003, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.
For centuries a theocracy ruled by bishops, Montenegro maintained its autonomy during the Ottoman period.
1990 August, Kenneth C. Danforth, “Yugoslavia: A House Much Divided”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 1051 more example
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.
2025 January 1, Reuters, “Suspect in Montenegro shooting dies from self-inflicted injuries after killing at least 12 people”, in CNN
- uncountableA barangay of Balatan, Camarines Sur, Philippines.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna country in Southeastern Europe bordering Bosnia, Albania and Serbia, formerly part of Yugoslavia
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Venetanmónte
- Venetannegro
- VenetanMontenegro
- EnglishMontenegro
Borrowed from Venetan Montenegro (from mónte + negro, literally “black mountain”), a calque of Serbo-Croatian Cȓnā Gòra, referring to Mount Lovćen.
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Afrikaans Montenegro
- Montenegrocountry in Europe
Arabic الْجَبَلُ الْأَسْوَد
- الْجَبَلُ الْأَسْوَد (al-jabalu l-ʔaswad)country in Europe
Bengali মন্টিনিগ্রো, কালাপাহাড়
- মন্টিনিগ্রো (monṭinigrō)country in Europe
- কালাপাহাড় (kalapahaṛ)country in Europe
Bulgarian Че́рна гора́
- Че́рна гора́ (Čérna gorá)country in Europe
Catalan Montenegro
- Montenegrocountry in Europe
Chinese Cantonese 黑山
- 黑山 (hak¹ saan¹)country in Europe
Chinese Mandarin 黑山, 蒙特內哥羅 /蒙特内哥罗
- 黑山 (Hēishān)country in Europe
- 蒙特內哥羅 /蒙特内哥罗 (Méngtènèigēluò)country in Europe
- 蒙特尼哥羅 /蒙特尼哥罗 (Méngtènígēluò)country in Europe
Czech Černá Hora
- Černá Horacountry in Europe
Danish Montenegro
- Montenegrocountry in Europe
Dutch Montenegro
- Montenegrocountry in Europe
Esperanto Montenegro
- Montenegrocountry in Europe
Estonian Montenegro, Tšernogooria
- Montenegrocountry in Europe
- Tšernogooriacountry in Europe
Finnish Montenegro
- Montenegrocountry in Europe
French Monténégro
- Monténégrocountry in Europe
German Montenegro, Schwarzenberg
- Montenegrocountry in Europe
- Schwarzenbergcountry in Europe
Greek Μαυροβούνιο
- Μαυροβούνιο (Mavrovoúnio)country in Europe
Hebrew מוֹנְטֶנֶגְרוֹ
- מוֹנְטֶנֶגְרוֹ (montenégro)country in Europe
Hindi मोंटेनेग्रो
- मोंटेनेग्रो (mõṭenegro)country in Europe
Hungarian Montenegró
- Montenegrócountry in Europe
Icelandic Svartfjallaland
- Svartfjallalandcountry in Europe
Indonesian Montenegro
- Montenegrocountry in Europe
Irish Montainéagró
- Montainéagrócountry in Europe
Italian Montenegro
- Montenegrocountry in Europe
Japanese モンテネグロ, ツルナ・ゴーラ
- モンテネグロ (Monteneguro)country in Europe
- ツルナ・ゴーラ (Tsuruna Gōra)country in Europe
Korean 몬테네그로, 쯔르나고라
- 몬테네그로 (Montenegeuro)country in Europe
- 쯔르나고라 (Jjeureunagora)country in Europe
Latin Mōns Niger
- Mōns Nigercountry in Europe
Latvian Melnkalne
- Melnkalnecountry in Europe
Lithuanian Juodkalnija
- Juodkalnijacountry in Europe
Malay Montenegro
- Montenegrocountry in Europe
Māori Monotenēro, Monotenīkoro
- Monotenērocountry in Europe
- Monotenīkorocountry in Europe
Norwegian Bokmål Montenegro
- Montenegrocountry in Europe
Polish Czarnogóra
- Czarnogóracountry in Europe
Portuguese Montenegro
- Montenegrocountry in Europe
Punjabi ਮੋਂਟੇਨੇਗਰੋ
- ਮੋਂਟੇਨੇਗਰੋ (moṇṭenegro)country in Europe
Romanian Muntenegru
- Muntenegrucountry in Europe
Russian Черного́рия, Монтене́гро
- Черного́рия (Černogórija)country in Europe
- Монтене́гро (Montɛnɛ́gro)country in Europe
Slovak Čierna Hora
- Čierna Horacountry in Europe
Spanish Montenegro
- Montenegrocountry in Europe
Swedish Montenegro
- Montenegrocountry in Europe
Tagalog Montenegro, Itimbundok
- Montenegrocountry in Europe
- Itimbundokcountry in Europe
Tamil மொண்டெனேகுரோ
- மொண்டெனேகுரோ (moṇṭeṉēkurō)country in Europe
Thai มอนเตเนโกร
- มอนเตเนโกร (mɔɔn-dtee-nee-groo)country in Europe
Turkish Karadağ
- Karadağcountry in Europe
Ukrainian Чорного́рія, Монтене́гро
- Чорного́рія (Čornohórija)country in Europe
- Монтене́гро (Montenéhro)country in Europe
- Монтене́ґро (Montenégro)country in Europe
Urdu مونْٹینِیگْرو, کالا پَہاڑ
- مونْٹینِیگْرو (monṭenīgro)country in Europe
- کالا پَہاڑ (kālā pahāṛ)country in Europe
- کوہِ سِیَہْ (koh-i siyah)country in Europe
- کوہِ سِیاہ (koh-i siyāh)country in Europe
Vietnamese Môn-tê-nê-grô, Hắc Sơn
- Môn-tê-nê-grôcountry in Europe
- Hắc Sơncountry in Europe
- Xơ-na-go-racountry in Europe
Yiddish מאָנטענעגראָ
- מאָנטענעגראָ (montenegro)country in Europe
Cite this entry
Montenegro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montenegro
“Montenegro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montenegro. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Montenegro,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montenegro.
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