Meanings
- The capital city of Uruguay.
The Tower of Montevideo has many rooms / Some of them are empty since I left you
2021, Damon Albarn, “The Tower of Montevideo”, in The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows - A city, the county seat of Chippewa County, Minnesota, United States.
Origin
- Portuguesemonte“hill”
- EnglishMontevideo
There is general agreement that the first two syllables come from Spanish or Portuguese monte (“hill”), in reference to the prominent hill to the west of the city. Beyond that, explanations differ. Two of the most popular stories are that the name comes from a reading of the abbreviated MONTE-VI-D-E-O ("sixth hill from east to west"), or that it comes from a Portuguese sailor's shout of "Monte vide eu".
More words from Portuguese
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُونْتِيفِيدِيُو
- مُونْتِيفِيدِيُو (muntifīdiyū)capital of Uruguay
Bulgarian Монтевиде́о
- Монтевиде́о (Montevidéo)capital of Uruguay
Catalan Montevideo
- Montevideocapital of Uruguay
Chinese Mandarin 蒙得維的亞 /蒙得维的亚
- 蒙得維的亞 /蒙得维的亚 (Méngdéwéidíyà)capital of Uruguay
Czech Montevideo
- Montevideocapital of Uruguay
Danish Montevideo
- Montevideocapital of Uruguay
Esperanto Montevideo
- Montevideocapital of Uruguay
Finnish Montevideo
- Montevideocapital of Uruguay
French Montevideo
- Montevideocapital of Uruguay
German Montevideo
- Montevideocapital of Uruguay
Greek Μοντεβιδέο
- Μοντεβιδέο (Montevidéo)capital of Uruguay
Hebrew מונטווידאו, מוֹנְטֶבִידֶאוֹ
- מונטווידאוcapital of Uruguay
- מוֹנְטֶבִידֶאוֹ (montevide'o)capital of Uruguay
Hindi मोंटेवीडियो
- मोंटेवीडियो (mõṭevīḍiyo)capital of Uruguay
Italian Montevideo
- Montevideocapital of Uruguay
Japanese モンテヴィデオ, モンテビデオ
- モンテヴィデオcapital of Uruguay
- モンテビデオ (Montebideo)capital of Uruguay
Korean 몬테비데오
- 몬테비데오 (Montebide'o)capital of Uruguay
Latin Mons Videi
- Mons Videicapital of Uruguay
Persian مونتویدئو
- مونتویدئو (montevide'o)capital of Uruguay
Polish Montevideo
- Montevideocapital of Uruguay
Portuguese Montevidéu, Montevideu
- Montevidéucapital of Uruguay
- Montevideucapital of Uruguay
Russian Монтевиде́о
- Монтевиде́о (Montɛvidɛ́o)capital of Uruguay
Spanish Montevideo
- Montevideocapital of Uruguay
Ukrainian Монтевіде́о
- Монтевіде́о (Montevidéo)capital of Uruguay
Vietnamese Môn-tê-vi-đê-ô
- Môn-tê-vi-đê-ôcapital of Uruguay
Cite this entry
Montevideo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montevideo
“Montevideo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montevideo. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Montevideo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montevideo.
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