Meanings
proper noun
- A country in South America. Official name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay. Capital and largest city: Montevideo.
The conflict was finally settled in 1828 with the creation of the buffer state of Uruguay, but the prestige of the emperor had suffered a further blow as a result of this reverse, as it was perceived.
1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 249 - A river in southern South America
Origin
- SpanishUruguay
- SpanishUruguay
- EnglishUruguay
More words from Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Uruguay
- Uruguaycountry
Arabic أُورُوغُوَاي, أُورُوجُوَاي
- أُورُوغُوَاي (ʔūrūḡuwāy)country
- أُورُوجُوَاي (ʔūrūguwāy)country
Basque Uruguai
- Uruguaicountry
Bengali উরুগুয়ে
- উরুগুয়ে (uruguẏe)country
Bulgarian Уругва́й
- Уругва́й (Urugváj)country
Catalan Uruguai
- Uruguaicountry
Chinese Cantonese 烏拉圭 /乌拉圭
- 烏拉圭 /乌拉圭 (wu¹ laai¹ gwai¹)country
Chinese Mandarin 烏拉圭 /乌拉圭
- 烏拉圭 /乌拉圭 (Wūlāguī)country
Czech Uruguay
- Uruguaycountry
Danish Uruguay
- Uruguaycountry
Dutch Uruguay
- Uruguaycountry
Esperanto Urugvajo
- Urugvajocountry
Estonian Uruguay
- Uruguaycountry
Finnish Uruguay
- Uruguaycountry
French Uruguay
- Uruguaycountry
German Uruguay
- Uruguaycountry
Greek Ουρουγουάη
- Ουρουγουάη (Ourougouái)country
Hebrew אורוגוואי
- אורוגוואי (urugvay)country
Hindi उरुग्वे
- उरुग्वे (urugve)country
Hungarian Uruguay
- Uruguaycountry
Icelandic Úrúgvæ
- Úrúgvæcountry
Indonesian Uruguay
- Uruguaycountry
Irish Uragua
- Uraguacountry
Italian Uruguay
- Uruguaycountry
Japanese ウルグアイ
- ウルグアイ (Uruguai)country
Korean 우루과이
- 우루과이 (Urugwai)country
Latin Uraquaria
- Uraquariacountry
Latvian Urugvaja
- Urugvajacountry
Lithuanian Urugvajus
- Urugvajuscountry
Malay Uruguay
- Uruguaycountry
Māori Urukuai, Urukoi
- Urukuaicountry
- Urukoicountry
Norwegian Bokmål Uruguay
- Uruguaycountry
Polish Urugwaj
- Urugwajcountry
Portuguese Uruguai
- Uruguaicountry
Romanian Uruguay
- Uruguaycountry
Russian Уругва́й
- Уругва́й (Urugváj)country
Slovak Uruguaj
- Uruguajcountry
Spanish Uruguay
- Uruguaycountry
Swahili Urugwai
- Urugwaicountry
Swedish Uruguay
- Uruguaycountry
Tagalog Urugway
- Urugwaycountry
Tamil உருகுவை
- உருகுவை (urukuvai)country
Thai อุรุกวัย
- อุรุกวัย (ù-rú-gwai)country
Turkish Uruguay
- Uruguaycountry
Ukrainian Уругва́й
- Уругва́й (Uruhváj)country
Urdu یُوراگْوئے
- یُوراگْوئے (yūrāgve)country
Vietnamese U-ru-goay, Điểu Hà
- U-ru-goaycountry
- Điểu Hàcountry
Yiddish אורוגווײַ
- אורוגווײַ (urugvay)country
Cite this entry
APA
Uruguay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uruguay
MLA
“Uruguay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uruguay. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Uruguay,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uruguay.
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