Uruguay
English
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Etymology
[edit]Disputed; Guaraní urugua (“shellfish”) y (“water”) or uru (“kind of bird”) gua (“from”) y (“water”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈjʊə.ɹə.ɡwaɪ/, /ˈʊɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈjʊɹ.ə.ɡwaɪ/, /ˈʊɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (US): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Uruguay
- A country in South America. Official name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay. Capital and largest city: Montevideo.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]country
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See also
[edit]- (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
Asturian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Uruguay m
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Related terms
[edit]Central Huasteca Nahuatl
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Central Nahuatl
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish Uruguay.
Proper noun
[edit]Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Uruguay f (related adjective uruguayský, demonym Uruguayec)
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Uruguay”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “Uruguay”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “Uruguay”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Danish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Uruguay n
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Uruguay (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Uruguay | — | |
| genitive | Uruguayn | — | |
| partitive | Uruguayta | — | |
| illative | Uruguayhin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Uruguay | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Uruguay | — |
| gen. | Uruguayn | ||
| genitive | Uruguayn | — | |
| partitive | Uruguayta | — | |
| inessive | Uruguayssa | — | |
| elative | Uruguaysta | — | |
| illative | Uruguayhin | — | |
| adessive | Uruguaylla | — | |
| ablative | Uruguaylta | — | |
| allative | Uruguaylle | — | |
| essive | Uruguayna | — | |
| translative | Uruguayksi | — | |
| abessive | Uruguaytta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
[edit]compounds
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Uruguay m
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Derived terms
[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Uruguay n (proper noun, genitive Uruguays or (optionally with an article) Uruguay)
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Uruguay” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Uruguay | — |
| accusative | Uruguayt | — |
| dative | Uruguaynak | — |
| instrumental | Uruguayjal | — |
| causal-final | Uruguayért | — |
| translative | Uruguayjá | — |
| terminative | Uruguayig | — |
| essive-formal | Uruguayként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Uruguayban | — |
| superessive | Uruguayon | — |
| adessive | Uruguaynál | — |
| illative | Uruguayba | — |
| sublative | Uruguayra | — |
| allative | Uruguayhoz | — |
| elative | Uruguayból | — |
| delative | Uruguayról | — |
| ablative | Uruguaytól | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Uruguayé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Uruguayéi | — |
| Possessive forms of Uruguay | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Uruguayom | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Uruguayod | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Uruguaya | — |
| 1st person plural | Uruguayunk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Uruguayotok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Uruguayuk | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Uruguay.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Uruguay m
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Derived terms
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
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Proper noun
[edit]Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Related terms
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Related terms
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Uruguay m
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Disputed, either:
- Guaraní urugua y (literally “water shellfish”), from urugua (“shellfish”) + y (“water”); or
- Guaraní uru gua y (literally “type of water bird”) from uru (“type of bird”) + gua (“from”) + y (“water”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /uɾuˈɡwai/ [u.ɾuˈɣ̞wai̯]
Audio (Peru); “Uruguay; capital: Montevideo”: (file) - Rhymes: -ai
- Syllabification: U‧ru‧guay
Proper noun
[edit]Uruguay m
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
- Uruguay River (a major river in South America)
Usage notes
[edit]- The definite article is optional when referring to Uruguay in Spanish (i.e. el Uruguay).
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Uruguay n (genitive Uruguays)
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Uruguay in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
- Svensk MeSH
Turkish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Declension
[edit]declension of Uruguay
| singular, uncountable (tekil, sayılamaz) | |
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| nominative (yalın) | Uruguay |
| accusative (belirtme) | Uruguay'ı |
| dative (yönelme) | Uruguay'a |
| locative (bulunma) | Uruguay'da |
| ablative (çıkma) | Uruguay'dan |
| genitive (tamlayan) | Uruguay'ın |
possessive of Uruguay
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Uruguay'm | Uruguaylarım / Uruguay'larım |
| senin (your) | Uruguay'n | Uruguayların / Uruguay'ların |
| onun (his/her/its) | Uruguay'sı | Uruguayları / Uruguay'ları |
| bizim (our) | Uruguay'mız | Uruguaylarımız / Uruguay'larımız |
| sizin (your) | Uruguay'nız | Uruguaylarınız / Uruguay'larınız |
| onların (their) | Uruguay'sı / Uruguayları / Uruguay'ları | Uruguayları / Uruguay'ları |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- (countries of South America) Güney Amerika ülkesi; Arjantin, Bolivya, Brezilya, Ekvador, Guyana, Kolombiya, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Şili, Uruguay, Venezuela
Venetan
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Uruguay m
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Western Huasteca Nahuatl
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Guaraní
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Uruguay
- en:Countries in South America
- en:Countries
- Asturian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Asturian lemmas
- Asturian proper nouns
- Asturian masculine nouns
- ast:Uruguay
- ast:Countries in South America
- ast:Countries
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl proper nouns
- nch:Uruguay
- nch:Countries in South America
- nch:Countries
- Central Nahuatl terms borrowed from Spanish
- Central Nahuatl terms derived from Spanish
- Central Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Nahuatl proper nouns
- nhn:Uruguay
- nhn:Countries in South America
- nhn:Countries
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech feminine nouns
- cs:Uruguay
- cs:Countries in South America
- cs:Countries
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech soft feminine nouns
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Uruguay
- da:Countries in South America
- da:Countries
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Uruguay
- nl:Countries in South America
- nl:Countries
- Finnish terms derived from Spanish
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/uruɡʋɑi
- Rhymes:Finnish/uruɡʋɑi/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Uruguay
- fi:Countries in South America
- fi:Countries
- Finnish rosé-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Uruguay
- fr:Countries in South America
- fr:Countries
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Uruguay
- de:Countries in South America
- de:Countries
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with manual IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/aːj
- Rhymes:Hungarian/aːj/3 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Uruguay
- hu:Countries in South America
- hu:Countries
- Italian terms borrowed from Spanish
- Italian unadapted borrowings from Spanish
- Italian terms derived from Spanish
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/aj
- Rhymes:Italian/aj/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian terms spelled with Y
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Uruguay
- it:Countries in South America
- it:Countries
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Uruguay
- nb:Countries in South America
- nb:Countries
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Uruguay
- nn:Countries in South America
- nn:Countries
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with Y
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese obsolete forms
- Spanish terms derived from Guaraní
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ai
- Rhymes:Spanish/ai/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Uruguay
- es:Countries in South America
- es:Countries
- es:Rivers in South America
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Uruguay
- sv:Countries in South America
- sv:Countries
- Turkish terms with audio pronunciation
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
- tr:Uruguay
- tr:Countries in South America
- tr:Countries
- Venetan lemmas
- Venetan proper nouns
- Venetan masculine nouns
- vec:Uruguay
- vec:Countries in South America
- vec:Countries
- Western Huasteca Nahuatl lemmas
- Western Huasteca Nahuatl proper nouns
- nhw:Uruguay
- nhw:Countries in South America
- nhw:Countries