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Montenegrin

Montenegrin

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A person from Montenegro or with family from there
  • noun
  • /ˌmɒntəˈneɪɡrɪn/
: montenegrino
  • A Montenegrin named Milos shared stories of his homeland during our trip.

The average Albanian, Serbian, Croat, Bosnian, Montenegrin, the average person just wants to move on with their life.

Examples

  • One Montenegrin says,

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Rather than setting up on the block and waiting for the ball to come to him, he managed to get the ball while he was moving, and 290 pounds of massive Montenegrin is pretty hard to stop in those cases.

    Blog text (5)

  • The average Albanian, Serbian, Croat, Bosnian, Montenegrin, the average person just wants to move on with their life.

    Julian Dorey

  • The Montenegrin athletes performed impressively at the international competition.

  • During the festival, I met a Montenegrin who told me about the country's traditions.

Surface Forms

Montenegrin singular
Montenegrins plural

Morphology

Montenegrin = Montenegro (transparent) = Montenegro + in

A standard demonym formation: 'Montenegro' + '-in' yields a person from that country.

Etymology

Montenegrin comes from the country name Montenegro, from Italian Monte Negro and Slavic Crna Gora, both meaning 'black mountain'. So a Montenegrin is a person who comes from that 'black mountain' place.