Uruguay

Disputed; Guaraní urugua (“shellfish”) y (“water”) or uru (“kind of bird”) gua (“from”) y (“water”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈjʊə.ɹə.ɡwaɪ/, /ˈʊɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈjʊɹ.ə.ɡwaɪ/, /ˈʊɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/

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Uruguay

2. A country in South America. Official name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay. Capital and largest city: Montevideo.
   • 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London, New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 249:

     The conflict was finally settled in 1828 with the creation of the buffer state of Uruguay, but the prestige of the emperor had suffered a further blow as a result of this reverse, as it was perceived.

• Uruguayan

• IPA^(key): /uɾuˈɡwai̯/ [u.ɾuˈɣ̞wai̯]
• Rhymes: -ai̯
• Syllabification: U‧ru‧guay

Uruguay m

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

• uruguayu

Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Borrowed from Spanish Uruguay.

Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

• IPA^(key): [ˈuruɡvaj]

Uruguay f (relational adjective uruguayský, demonym Uruguayec)

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

• “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), 2008–2025

Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

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Uruguay n

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

From Spanish Uruguay.

• IPA^(key): /ˈuruɡʋɑi̯/, [ˈuruɡʋɑ̝i̯]
• Rhymes: -uruɡʋɑi

Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

• IPA^(key): /y.ʁy.ɡwɛ/, /y.ʁy.ɡwe/

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Uruguay m

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

• Uruguayen
• uruguayen

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Uruguay n (proper noun, genitive Uruguays or (optionally with an article) Uruguay)

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

• Uruguayer
• uruguayisch

• “Uruguay” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): [ˈuruɡvaːj]
• Hyphenation: Uru‧guay
• Rhymes: -aːj

Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America; official name: Uruguayi Keleti Köztársaság)

• uruguayi

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Uruguay.

• IPA^(key): /u.ruˈɡwaj/
• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: U‧ru‧guày

Uruguay m

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

• uruguayano / uruguaiano

Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

• uruguayaner
• uruguayansk

Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

• uruguayan, uruguayanar
• uruguayansk

Uruguay m

1. obsolete spelling of Uruguai

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”).

• IPA^(key): /uɾuˈɡwai/ [u.ɾuˈɣ̞wai̯]

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• Rhymes: -ai
• Syllabification: U‧ru‧guay

Uruguay m

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)
2. Uruguay River (a major river in South America)

• The definite article is optional when referring to Uruguay in Spanish (i.e. el Uruguay).

• uruguayizar
• uruguayo / uruguaya

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Uruguay n (genitive Uruguays)

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

• uruguayan
• uruguayansk
• uruguayanska
• uruguayare
• uruguaysk

• Uruguay in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

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Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

• Uruguaylı

Uruguay m

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)