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Montenegro
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Montenegró Montènègro Monténégro Monténègrô
thumb|240px|Flag of Montenegro
English
Etymology
en :bor vec:Montenegro<ety:af<mónte><negro>> 1
en vec Montenegro black mountain from vec mónte negro 1, a calque of sh Cȓnā Gòra Serbo-Croatian, referring to Lovćen Mount Lovćen.
Pronunciation
en /mɒntɪˈniːɹəʊ/ /-ˈnɛɡ/ /-ˈneɪɡ-/ RP
en /mɔntɪˈnɪjɡɹəw/ /-ˈnɛɡ/ /-ˈnɛjɡ-/ SSB
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Montenegro.wav SSB /-ˈnɛɡ-/
en /ˌmɑntəˈniɡɹoʊ/ /ˈneɪɡ/ /-ˈnɛɡ-/ US
en en-us-Montenegro.ogg US
Proper noun
+
en Q236en country on the r/Balkan Peninsula in r/Southeastern Europe Podgorica 1. Part of Yugoslavia until 2003, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.
en w:National Geographic 1990 August 178 2 Yugoslavia: A House Much Divided Kenneth C. Danforth 105 For centuries a theocracy ruled by bishops, Montenegro maintained its autonomy during the Ottoman period.
en Reuters Suspect in Montenegro shooting dies from self-inflicted injuries after killing at least 12 people w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/01/world/montenegro-shooting-new-years-day-intl/index.html 2025-01-01 A man shot dead 12 people in a rampage in a small town in Montenegro before dying from self-inflicted injuries early on Thursday, authorities said, in one of the tiny Balkan nation’s worst mass killings. https://web.archive.org/web/20250828083826/https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/01/world/montenegro-shooting-new-years-day-intl/index.html 28 August 2025
Derived terms
en Montenegran
Related terms
en Montenegrin
Descendants
ja 1 モンテネグロ Monteneguro
Translations
Q236 country in Europe
Acehnese: ace Monténègrô
Afrikaans: af Montenegro
Albanian: sq Mal i Zi m indefinite, sq Mali i Zi m definite
Amharic: am ሞንቴኔግሮ
Arabic: ar الْجَبَلُ الْأَسْوَد f
Hijazi Arabic: acw الجبل الأسود m al-jabal al-ʔaswad, acw مونتينيغرو f montēnēgro
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܛܘܼܪܵܐ ܐ݇ܟܘܿܡܵܐ m f
Armenian: hy Չեռնոգորիա, hy Մոնտենեգրո
Aromanian: rup Muntinigru m, rup Muntenigru m
Asturian: ast Montenegru
Azerbaijani: az Çernoqoriya, az Monteneqro
Cyrillic: az Черногория
Bashkir: ba Черногория
Belarusian: be Чарнаго́рыя f
Bengali: bn মন্টিনিগ্রো, bn কালাপাহাড়
Bulgarian: bg Че́рна гора́ f
Burmese: my မွန်တီနီဂရိုး
Carpathian Rusyn: rue Чорна Гора f
Catalan: ca Montenegro m
Chechen: ce ӏаьржаламанчоь Iаьржаламанчоь
Cherokee: chr ᎼᏂᏔᏁᎦᎶ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 黑山
Mandarin: cmn 黑山 Hēishān, cmn 蒙特內哥羅 Méngtènèigēluò Taiwan, cmn 蒙特尼哥羅 Méngtènígēluò Taiwan
Chuvash: cv Черногори
Crimean Tatar: crh Montenegro
Czech: cs Černá Hora f
Danish: da Montenegro
Dhivehi: dv މޮންޓެނީގުރޯ
Dutch: nl Montenegro n
Esperanto: eo Montenegro
Estonian: et Montenegro, et Tšernogooria dated
Farefare: gur Montenegro, gur Zoore-sabga
Faroese: fo Montenegro n, fo Svartafjall n
Finnish: fi Montenegro
French: fr Monténégro m
Gagauz: gag Karadaa
Galician: gl Montenegro m
Georgian: ka მონტენეგრო mainstream usage, ka ჩერნოგორია somewhat dated
German: de Montenegro n, de Schwarzenberg n very rare, literally
Greek: el Μαυροβούνιο n
Pontic Greek: pnt Μαυροβούνιον n
Gujarati: gu મોન્ટેનીગ્રો
Hausa: ha Montenegro
Hebrew: he מוֹנְטֶנֶגְרוֹ f montenégro
Hindi: hi मोंटेनेग्रो m
Hungarian: hu Montenegró
Icelandic: is Svartfjallaland n
Ido: io Montenegro
Indonesian: id Montenegro
Interlingua: ia Montenegro
Irish: ga Montainéagró m
Italian: it Montenegro m
Japanese: ja モンテネグロ Monteneguro, ja ツルナ・ゴーラ Tsuruna Gōra
Kannada: kn ಮಾಂಟೆನೆಗ್ರೊ
Karakalpak: kaa Shernogoriya
Kazakh: kk Черногория, kk Қаратау
Khmer: km ម៉ុងតេនីក្រូ
Komi:
Komi-Permyak: koi Цӧрнагора
Korean: ko ^몬테네그로, ko ^쯔르나고라 North Korea
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Montenegro
Kyrgyz: ky Черногория, ky Каратоо s
Lao: lo ມອນເຕເນໂກຣ mǭn tē nē kō, lo ມົງເຕເນໂກຣ mong tē nē kō
Latin: la Mōns Niger m
Latvian: lv Melnkalne f
Lithuanian: lt Juodkalnija f
Macedonian: mk Црна Гора f
Malay: ms Montenegro
Malayalam: ml മൊണ്ടിനെഗ്രോ
Māori: mi Monotenēro, mi Monotenīkoro
Marathi: mr माँटेनिग्रो
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Монтенегро, mn Черногор
Navajo: nv Dziłizhin bikéyah
Nogai: nog Каратав
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Montenegro
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Чарна Гора f
Pashto: ps مانټېنېګرو
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira مونْتِهنِگْرو monte-negru
Polish: pl Czarnogóra f
Portuguese: pt Montenegro m
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: pa ਮੋਂਟੇਨੇਗਰੋ m
Romanian: ro Muntenegru n
Russian: ru Черного́рия f, ru Монтене́гро f Montɛnɛ́gro
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Цр̑на̄ Го̀ра f
Latin: sh Cȓnā Gòra f
Sicilian: scn Muntinìguru m
Silesian: szl Czorno Gůra f
Sinhalese: si මොන්ටිනිග්රෝ
Slovak: sk Čierna Hora f
Slovene: sl Čŕna gôra f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb Carnogórska f
Upper Sorbian: hsb Čorna Hora f
Spanish: es Montenegro m
Swedish: sv Montenegro n
Tagalog: tl Montenegro, tl Itimbundok
Tajik: tg Черногория, tg Кӯҳистоги Сиёҳ, tg Монтенегро
Tamil: ta மொண்டெனேகுரோ
Tatar: tt Монтенегро, tt Черногория, tt Каратау
Telugu: te మాంటెనెగ్రో
Thai: th มอนเตเนโกร
Tibetan: bo མོན་ཊེནིག་རོ
Tigrinya: ti ሞንቴኔግሮ
Turkish: tr Karadağ
Ottoman Turkish: ota قره طاغ kara dağ
Turkmen: tk Çernogoriýa, tk Montenegro, tk Garadag
Udmurt: udm Черногория
Ukrainian: uk Чорного́рія, uk Монтене́гро f n, uk Монтене́ґро f n
Urdu: ur مونْٹینِیگْرو m, ur کالا پَہاڑ m, ur کوہِ سِیَہْ m, ur کوہِ سِیاہ m
Uyghur: ug چېرنوگورىيە, ug مونتەنەگرو
Uzbek: uz Chernogoriya, uz Montenegro, uz Qoratogʻ
Vietnamese: vi Môn-tê-nê-grô, vi Hắc Sơn (vi 黑山), vi Xơ-na-go-ra
Volapük: vo Montenegrän
Yakut: sah Монтенегро, sah Хара Хайа
Yiddish: yi מאָנטענעגראָ n
Yoruba: yo Mọtinegoro
Zazaki: zza Montenegro Southern Zazaki
See also
Further reading
Proper noun
-
en barangay mun/Balatan p/Camarines Sur c/Philippines.
en exonyms
Afrikaans
af:
Proper noun
af Montenegro Q236 Podgoritsa
Related terms
af Montenegryn
af Montenegryns
Basque
eu:
Pronunciation
+<audio:LL-Q8752 (eus)-Xabier Cañas-Montenegro.wav>
Proper noun
in
eu Montenegro Q236
Declension
in.pr
Derived terms
eu montenegroar montenegroera
See also
Catalan
ca:
Pronunciation
ê
ca LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Montenegro.wav Valencia
Proper noun
m
ca Montenegro Q236
Cornish
kw:
Flag of Montenegro.svg Baner Montenegro. Europe-Montenegro.svg Montenegro yn Europa.
Etymology
From kw en Montenegro, from kw vec Montenegro, literally "black mountain".
Pronunciation
kw /mɔntɛˈnɛɡɹɔ/
Proper noun
kw propn
kw Montenegro Q236
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
kw montenegrek<t:Montenegrin><pos:a>
Mutation
Crimean Tatar
crh:
Pronunciation
crh Mon te neg ro
Proper noun
crh proper noun
crh Montenegro Q236
References
Danish
da:
Proper noun
da proper noun
da Montenegro Q236
Derived terms
da montenegriner montenegrinsk
See also
da exonyms
Dutch
nl:
Etymology
nl it Montenegro, it in turn being a calque of nl sh Cȓnā Gòra.
Pronunciation
nl /ˌmɔn.təˈneː.ɣroː/ /-ɡroː/
nl Nl-Montenegro.ogg
nl Mon te ne gro
Proper noun
n Montenegrijns Montenegrijn Montenegrijnse
nl Montenegro Q236
Derived terms
nl Servië en Montenegro
Related terms
nl Montenegrijn
See also
nl exonyms
Esperanto
eo:
thumb|250px|Montenegro
Pronunciation
Eo-Montenegro.ogg;LL-Q143 (epo)-Lepticed7-Montenegro.wav;LL-Q143 (epo)-Robin van der Vliet-Montenegro.wav
Proper noun
eo Montenegro Q236
Meronyms
eo Podgorico
See also
eo Serbio Bosnio kaj Hercegovino Kosovo Adriatiko Albanio
Further reading
Estonian
et:
Pronunciation
monteˈnegro
Proper noun
Montenegro Montenegrot
et Montenegro Q236
Declension
Montenegro sg
See also
References
Faroese
Etymology
From fo vec Montenegro black mountain, a calque of fo sh Cȓnā Gòra.
Proper noun
fo proper noun n
fo Montenegro Q236
See also
fo Svartafjall
Finnish
fi:
Etymology
From fi vec Montenegro.
Pronunciation
mont(:)enegro
Proper noun
fi Montenegro Q236
Declension
sg Montenegr o a
Derived terms
fi montenegro montenegrolainen
See also
Galician
Etymology 1
From gl monte + gl negro, "Black Mountain".
Pronunciation
gl [ˌmonteˈneɣɾʊ]
Proper noun
m
an ancient territory in northern Galicia
gl
Etymology 2
gl :bor vec:Montenegro + 1
Proper noun
m
gl Montenegro Q236
Derived terms
gl montenegrino
References
German
de:
Pronunciation
de /mɔnteˈneːɡʁo/
de De-Montenegro.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de Montenegro Q236
de Schwarzenberg<q:archaic; before World War I>
Derived terms
de Montenegriner
de montenegrinisch
See also
de exonyms
Ido
io:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
io proper noun
io Montenegro Q236
See also
Indonesian
id:
Etymology
id vec Montenegro black mountain from vec mónte negro 1, a calque of id sh Cȓnā Gòra, referring to Lovćen Mount Lovćen.
Pronunciation
Mon.té.né.gro
Proper noun
id Montenegro Q236
Noun
Montenegrin
Adjective
Montenegrin
See also
Italian
it:
Pronunciation
Montenégro<r:DiPI>
Proper noun
m
it Montenegro Q236
Derived terms
it Serbia e Montenegro
it montenegrino
See also
References
it exonyms
Norwegian Bokmål
no
thumb|The flag of Montenegro.
thumb|Montenegro in Europe.
thumb|The Bay of Kotor in Montenegro.
Etymology
nb, based on nb vec Montenegro Montenegro; literally “black mountain”, from vec mónte negro mountain black, a calque of nb sh Cȓnā Gòra Montenegro; literally “black mountain”, referring to Mount Lovćen. The corresponding Italian form it Montenegro became the international name.
The first element derives from nb la montem mountain, the accusative singular of la mōns mountain, while the second derives from nb la nigrum black, the accusative masculine singular of la niger black.
Compare the parallel borrowings nn Montenegro, da Montenegro, nl Montenegro, en Montenegro, de Montenegro and sv Montenegro Montenegro.
Pronunciation
nb /¹mɔn.təˈneː.ɡru/ [mɔn.təˈnèː.ɡɾʊ̌]
nb eːɡru 4
nb Mon te ne gro
Proper noun
nb proper noun
Montenegro; nb country cont/Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe, with a coast on the Adriatic Sea, with Podgorica as its capital.
nb Vi kjørte gjennom Montenegro på vei til Albania. We drove through Montenegro on our way to Albania.
nb 25 June 2026 Nils Petter Thuesen Svein Mønnesland Montenegro Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Montenegro Montenegro er en republikk i Sørøst-Europa ved Adriaterhavet. Montenegro is a republic in Southeastern Europe on the Adriatic Sea. https://web.archive.org/web/20260926225726/https://snl.no/Montenegro 26 September 2026
Usage notes
The country's full official name in Norwegian is simply Montenegro; it has no separate long-form official name.
Related terms
nb montenegriner Montenegrin
nb montenegrinsk Montenegrin
nb Serbia og Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro
See also
References
“Montenegro” in Store norske leksikon.
“Crna Gora” in Store norske leksikon.
“Land Norge har diplomatiske forbindelser med”, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn Montenegro Q236
Related terms
nn Serbia og Montenegro, nn Serbia
nn montenegrinar
nn montenegrinsk
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Montenêgro
pt eɡɾu 4
pt Mon te ne gro
Etymology 1
pt:
pt vec Montenegro. pt monte negro mountain dark.
Proper noun
m
pt Montenegro Q236
Usage notes
Derived terms
pt montenegrino montenegrense
See also
Etymology 2
pt:+ (Faro)
Proper noun
m
pt civil parish mun:pref/Faro c/Portugal
Etymology 3
pt:+ (sobrenome)
Proper noun
mfbysense
pt
Etymology 4
pt:+ (Rio Grande do Sul)
pt São João de Montenegro. 1916.rs
Proper noun
m
pt municipality s/Rio Grande do Sul c/Brazil
References
pt exonyms
Sardinian
sc:
Proper noun
sc Montenegro Q236
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
+<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Rodelar-Montenegro.wav<a:Spain>>
Proper noun
m
es Montenegro Q236
es
Derived terms
es Serbia y Montenegro montenegrino
See also
es exonyms
Swedish
sv:
Pronunciation
sv /mɔntɛˈneːɡrʊ/
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Montenegro.wav
Proper noun
n
sv Montenegro Q236
Related terms
sv montenegrin
sv montenegrinsk
sv montenegrinska
See also
References
saol
Svensk MeSH
sv exonyms
Tagalog
tl:
Etymology
tl :bor es:Montenegro<t:Montenegro> + 1
Pronunciation
Montene.gro
Proper noun
+
tl Montenegro Q236
tl Spanish, the 460th most common in the Philippines
Related terms
tl monte negro
Veps
Etymology
Borrowed from vep ru Монтенегро.
Proper noun
Montenegron Montenegrod
vep Montenegro Q236
Inflection
sg Montenegro
Synonyms
vep Mustmägi
Welsh
cy:
Proper noun
m
cy Montenegro Q236
Coordinate terms
Related terms
cy Montenegroaidd Montenegrin a
cy Montenegroad Montenegrin person
cy exonyms