montevideo

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Definition of montevideo in English English dictionary

The capital of Uruguay

{i} seaport and capital city of Uruguay; city in Minnesota (USA)

a city and port in southern Uruguay, the capital of the country. Port city (pop., 1996: 1,378,707), capital of Uruguay. Situated on the northern shore of the Río de la Plata estuary, it was founded by the Spanish in 1726 to stem the Portuguese advance into the area from Brazil. From 1807 to 1830 it was alternately occupied by British, Spanish, Argentine, Portuguese, and Brazilian forces. It became the capital of newly independent Uruguay in 1830. A major seaport of South America, it is the commercial, political, and cultural centre of Uruguay. It is the site of Uruguay's only institutions of higher education: the Universidad de la República and the Universidad del Trabajo del Uruguay

the capital and largest city of Uruguay; a cosmopolitan city and one of the busiest ports in South America

Hyphenation

Mon·te·vi·de·o

Turkish pronunciation

mäntıvîdiō

Pronunciation

/ˌmäntəˈvədēˌō/ /ˌmɑːntəˈvɪdiːˌoʊ/