Port Moresby

English

Etymology

Named after British admiral Fairfax Moresby by his son and the city's explorer Captain John Moresby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɔɹt ˈmɔɹzbi/

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Proper noun

Port Moresby

1. The capital city of Papua New Guinea.

Translations

capital of Papua New Guinea

• Afrikaans: Port Moresby
• Arabic: بُورْت مُورْسْبِي f (būrt mūrsbī)
• Belarusian: Порт-Мо́рсбі m (Port-Mórsbi)
• Bulgarian: Порт Мо́рсби m (Port Mórsbi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 莫爾茲比港／莫尔兹比港 (zh) (Mò'ěrzībǐ-gǎng)

• Czech: Port Moresby m
• Danish: Port Moresby
• Dutch: Port Moresby
• Finnish: Port Moresby (fi)
• French: Port Moresby (fr) m
• German: Port Moresby (de) n
• Greek: Πορτ Μόρεσμπι n (Port Móresmpi)
• Hebrew: פורט מורסבי f
• Italian: Port Moresby m
• Japanese: ポートモレスビー (ja) (Pōtomoresubī)
• Khmer: ព័រម៉ូរេសប៊ី (km) (pɔəmoureisbii)
• Korean: 포트모르즈비 (ko) (Poteumoreujeubi)
• Macedonian: Порт Морзби m (Port Morzbi)
• Mongolian: Порт-Морсби (Port-Morsbi)
• Persian: پورت مورسبی
• Polish: Port Moresby (pl) m
• Portuguese: Port Moresby f
• Russian: Порт-Мо́рсби (ru) m (Port-Mórsbi)
• Serbo-Croatian: Порт Морсби m, Port Moresby m
• Spanish: Port Moresby (es) m
• Tok Pisin: Pot Mosbi, Mosbi
• Ukrainian: Порт-Мо́рсбі m (Port-Mórsbi)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Port Moresby

1. Port Moresby (the capital city of Papua New Guinea)

Czech

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Port Moresby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [port morɛzbɪ]

Proper noun

Port Moresby m inan (related adjective portmoresbský)

1. Port Moresby (the capital city of Papua New Guinea)

Declension

Declension of Port Moresby (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Port Moresby
genitive	Portu Moresby
dative	Portu Moresby
accusative	Port Moresby
vocative	Porte Moresby
locative	Portu Moresby
instrumental	Portem Moresby

Further reading

• “Port Moresby”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dutch

Proper noun

het centrum van Port Moresby
the center of Port Moresby

Port Moresby n

1. Port Moresby (the capital city of Papua New Guinea)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Porto Moresby

Proper noun

Port Moresby f

1. Port Moresby (the capital city of Papua New Guinea)