Medellín

See also: Medellin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Medellín.

Proper noun

Medellín

  1. A city and departmental capital of Antioquia department, Colombia; the second-largest city in Colombia.

Translations

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /medeˈʝin/ [me.ð̞eˈʝĩn] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /medeˈʎin/ [me.ð̞eˈʎĩn] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /medeˈʃin/ [me.ð̞eˈʃĩn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /medeˈʒin/ [me.ð̞eˈʒĩn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: Me‧de‧llín

Etymology 1

From Latin Metellīnum, named after the Roman General Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius in 75 BC who founded the village as a military base.[1]

Proper noun

Medellín

  1. a village in Extremadura, Spain

References

  1. ^ “Ayuntamiento de Medellín (España). Toponímicos de Medellín”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1] (in Spanish), 27 July 2019 (last accessed), archived from the original on 9 June 2008

Etymology 2

Named after the village in Spain with the same name.

Proper noun

Medellín

  1. Medellín (a city in Antioquia department, Colombia; the second-largest city in Colombia)
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