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Montevideo

Montevideo

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The capital and largest city of Uruguay on the south coast that is a major port and cultural center
  • proper noun
  • /ˌmɒnteɪˈviːdeɪoʊ/
: Montevideo
  • Eventually, the commission reached Montevideo in November 1933.
  • Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Montevideo Convention

We are going back to Montevideo, about a three hour drive to catch our flight just.

Examples

  • The two ships proceeded to Montevideo for refitting and reprovisioning before the long haul across the Pacific.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Television has been available to Uruguayans since the three commercial stations in Montevideo began broadcasting in 1956.

    Academic text (1990)

  • We are going back to Montevideo, about a three hour drive to catch our flight just.

    Kara and Nate

  • When I woke up, we were near Montevideo and her seat was empty.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • In the capital, Montevideo, the last snow event happened in June 1980.

    Blog text (29)

  • Last week in Montevideo made us much more grateful for lounges.

  • The city of Montevideo alone boasted over three hundred sports arenas in 1896, the year of the first Olympic Games.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Foreign Minister Shevardnadze's visit to Montevideo in 1987 lent considerable momentum to this aspect of the bilateral relationship (Ehrmann, 1988).

    Academic text (1990)

  • Gabriel H. Diaz Maggioli is a teacher, teacher educator, and writer of EFL in Montevideo, Uruguay.

    Academic text (1994)

  • After a brief stay in Montevideo, he continued his journey back to France.

Surface Forms

Montevideo main

Etymology

The word Montevideo comes from Spanish and Portuguese roots: monte meaning 'hill' or 'mountain', and a popular story links video to 'I saw'. So you can remember Montevideo as 'the hill I saw', a name sailors gave to the coastal hill where the city grew.