Maputo
English edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese Maputo.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Maputo
- The capital city of Mozambique.
- 2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 114:
- Then came a rough exultant voice, ‘This is the Voice of Zimbabwe broadcasting from Maputo!’
- A river in southeastern Africa.
Synonyms edit
- Lourenço Marques (pre-independence), City of Acacias, Pearl of the Indian Ocean (nicknames)
Translations edit
capital of Mozambique
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Proper noun edit
Maputo
- Maputo (the capital city of Mozambique)
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Maputo n (related adjective maputský)
- Maputo (the capital city of Mozambique)
- Maputo (a river in southeastern Africa)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- Maputo in Internetová jazyková příručka
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese Maputo.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Maputo (accusative Maputon)
- Maputo (the capital city of Mozambique)
- Maputo (a river in southeastern Africa)
Holonyms edit
- Mozambiko (“Mozambique”)
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Ma‧pu‧to
Proper noun edit
Maputo m
- Maputo (the capital city of Mozambique)
- Maputo (a river in southeastern Africa)
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Maputo n (genitive singular Maputa, declension pattern of mesto)
- Maputo (the capital of Mozambique)
References edit
- “Maputo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024