Bogotá
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Spanish Bogotá, from Chibcha.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌboʊɡəˈtɑː/, /ˌbɒɡəˈtɑː/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː
Proper noun
Bogotá
- The capital city of Colombia.
Translations
capital city of Colombia
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Anagrams
Central Nahuatl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boɡoˈtaː/
Proper noun
Bogotá
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boɡoˈtaː/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Bogotá n (proper noun, genitive Bogotás or (optionally with an article) Bogotá)
- Bogota, Bogotá (the capital city of Colombia)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bo.ɡoˈta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɔ.ɡuˈta/ [bɔ.ɣuˈta]
- Hyphenation: Bo‧go‧tá
Proper noun
Bogotá ?
- Bogota, Bogotá (the capital city of Colombia)
Spanish
Etymology
From an unattested Chibcha word variously described as the name of the surrounding region, the capital of the Muisca Confederation, the original name of the town of Funza, the name of a Muisca cacique or his title.
Various forms have been proposed as the original name, such as Bacatá (possibly a later invention [1]); Bocatá, meaning “fields’ end” and the name of a cacique;[2] Bogote, referring to the Bogotá Savannah and used as a hereditary title;[3] Muequetá, supposedly from Chibcha muyquy (“field”) + ta (“inside; field”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boɡoˈta/ [bo.ɣ̞oˈt̪a]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: Bo‧go‧tá
Proper noun
Bogotá f
- Bogota, Bogotá (the capital city of Colombia)
- Synonym: (historical; official from 1991 to 2000) Santafé de Bogotá