Montenegro

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UK/mɒntɪˈniːɹəʊ/UK/-ˈnɛɡ/UK/-ˈneɪɡ-/British, Southern, Standard/mɔntɪˈnɪjɡɹəw/

proper noun

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.

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Crna Gora
CommonScrabble 13

Meanings

proper nounMontenegro (plural Montenegros)

plural Montenegros

  1. 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 105
    1 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
proper nounMontenegro (uncountable)

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna country in Southeastern Europe bordering Bosnia, Albania and Serbia, formerly part of Yugoslavia

Similar
Crna Gora
Broader
European countryEuropean nation

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Venetanmónte
  2. Venetannegro
  3. VenetanMontenegro
  4. 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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Translations

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
APA

Montenegro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montenegro

MLA

“Montenegro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montenegro. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Montenegro,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montenegro.

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