Melnkalne

See also: Melnkalnē

Latvian

Melnkalne (Eiropā)

Melnkalnes karogs

Etymology

From melns (“black”) +‎ kalns (“mountain”), following the model of other languages, e.g., Italian Montenegro (< monte (“mountain”) and negro (“black”), whence English Montenegro), Russian Черногория (Černogorija) (< чёрный (čórnyj, “black”) and гора́ (gorá, “mountain”)), Albanian Mali i Zi (“black mountain”), all basically translations of Serbo-Croatian Црна Гора (“Black Mountain”), a term that originally referred to Mt. Lovćen, and later, by extension, to the entire region, province, now independent country, of Montenegro.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Melnkalne f (5th declension)

1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

   Melnkalnes karogs ― the flag of Montenegro

   Melnkalnes prezidents ― the president of Montenegro

   Melnkalne ir valsts Balkānu reģionā, Eiropā ― Montenegro is a country in the Balkan region, in Europe

Declension

Declension of Melnkalne (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Melnkalne	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Melnkalni	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Melnkalnes	—
dative (datīvs)	Melnkalnei	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Melnkalni	—
locative (lokatīvs)	Melnkalnē	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	Melnkalne	—

Related terms

• melnkalnietis, melnkalniete
• melnkalniešu valoda

See also

former Yugoslav republics:

• (dated term) Dienvidslāvija:

• Bosnija un Hercegovina
• Horvātija
• Kosova
• Maķedonija
• Melnkalne
• Serbija
• Slovēnija