Uruguay

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Proper noun

Uruguay

2. A country in South America. Official name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay.

Derived terms

• Uruguayan

Translations

country

• Afrikaans: Uruguay
• Albanian: Uruguaji m, Uruguai (sq) m (indefinite)
• Amharic: ኡራጓይ (ʾuragʷay)
• Arabic: أُورُوغُوَاي‎ f (ʾūrūḡuwāy), أُورُوجُوَاي‎ (ar) f (ʾūrūguwāy)
• Armenian: Ուրուգվայ (Urugvay)
• Asturian: Uruguay (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Uruqvay (az)
• Basque: Uruguai
• Belarusian: Уругва́й m (Uruhváj)
• Bengali: উরুগুয়ে (uruguye)
• Breton: Uruguay
• Bulgarian: Уругва́й m (Urugváj)
• Burmese: ဥရုဂ္ဝေး (u.rug-we:)
• Catalan: Uruguai (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烏拉圭 (zh), 乌拉圭 (zh) (Wūlāguī)

• Czech: Uruguay (cs)
• Danish: Uruguay (da)
• Dhivehi: އުރުގުއ‎ (urugu)
• Dutch: Uruguay (nl)
• Esperanto: Urugvajo (eo)
• Estonian: Uruguay (et)
• Finnish: Uruguay (fi)
• French: Uruguay (fr) m
• Galician: Uruguai (gl) m
• Georgian: ურუგვაი (urugvai)
• German: Uruguay (de) n
• Greek: Ουρουγουάη (el) f (Ourougouái)
• Gujarati: ઉરુગ્વે (urugve)
• Hebrew: אורוגוואי‎ m (urugvay)
• Hindi: उरुग्वे (hi) (urugve)
• Hungarian: Uruguay (hu)
• Icelandic: Úrúgvæ (is) n
• Indonesian: Uruguay (id)
• Interlingua: Uruguay
• Irish: Uragua m
• Italian: Uruguay (it) m
• Japanese: ウルグアイ (ja) (Uruguai)
• Kalenjin: Urugwai
• Kamba: Urugwai
• Kannada: ಉರುಗ್ವೆ (kn) (urugve)
• Kazakh: Уругвай (Wrwgvay)
• Khmer: អ៊ុយរូហ្គាយ (ʼuyruugaay)
• Kikuyu: Urugwai
• Korean: 우루과이 (Urugwai)
• Kyrgyz: Уругвай (ky) (Urugvay)
• Lao: ອູຣູກວາຍ (ʼū rūk wāi)
• Latin: Uraquaria f
• Latvian: Urugvaja (lv) f

• Lithuanian: Urugvajus (lt) m
• Luhya: Urugwai
• Luo: Urugwai
• Macedonian: Уругвај m (Urugvaj)
• Malay: Uruguay
• Malayalam: ഉറുഗ്വേ (uṟugvē)
• Maltese: l-Urugwaj
• Maori: Urukuai
• Marathi: उरुग्वे (urugve)
• Meru: Urugwai
• Mongolian: Уругвай (Urugvaj)
• Navajo: Táłtłʼááh Chʼosh Bitooh
• Nepali: उरुग्वे (urugwe)
• Norman: Uruguay m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Uruguay

  Nynorsk: Uruguay (nn)

• Oriya: ଉରୁଗୁଏ (urugue)
• Persian: اروگوئه‎ (orugu'e)
• Polish: Urugwaj (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Uruguai (pt) m
• Romanian: Uruguay (ro) n
• Russian: Уругва́й (ru) m (Urugváj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Уругвај m

  Roman: Urugvaj (sh) m

• Sinhalese: උරුගුව (uruguva)
• Slovak: Uruguaj m
• Slovene: Urugvaj (sl) m
• Spanish: Uruguay (es) m
• Swahili: Urugwai (sw)
• Swedish: Uruguay (sv)
• Tagalog: Urugway
• Tajik: Уругвай (tg) (Urugvay)
• Tamil: உருகுவை (urukuvai)
• Tatar: Уругвай (Uruğway)
• Telugu: ఉరుగ్వే (te) (urugvē)
• Thai: อุรุกวัย (th) (ù-rú-gwai)
• Turkish: Uruguay (tr)
• Turkmen: Urugwaý
• Ukrainian: Уругва́й (uk) m (Uruhváj)
• Urdu: یوراگوئے‎ (yūrāguai)
• Uyghur: ئۇرۇگۋاي‎ (urugway)
• Uzbek: Urugvay (uz)
• Vietnamese: U-ru-goay, 鳥河 (Điểu Hà)
• Volapük: Luruguyän (vo)
• Yiddish: אורוגווײַ‎ (urugvay)
• Yoruba: Nruguayi

See also

• (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

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Asturian

Proper noun

Uruguay ?

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Related terms

• uruguayu

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

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Czech

Proper noun

Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Related terms

• uruguayský
• Uruguayec

Further reading

• Uruguay in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Uruguay in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Uruguay n

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuruɡʋɑi̯/, [ˈuruɡʋɑi̯]

Proper noun

Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Declension

Inflection of Uruguay (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative		Uruguay	—
genitive		Uruguayn	—
partitive		Uruguayta	—
illative		Uruguayhin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Uruguay	—
accusative	nom.	Uruguay	—
	gen.	Uruguayn
genitive		Uruguayn	—
partitive		Uruguayta	—
inessive		Uruguayssa	—
elative		Uruguaysta	—
illative		Uruguayhin	—
adessive		Uruguaylla	—
ablative		Uruguaylta	—
allative		Uruguaylle	—
essive		Uruguayna	—
translative		Uruguayksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Uruguaytta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Uruguay (type rosé)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Uruguayni	Uruguaymme
2nd person	Uruguaysi	Uruguaynne
3rd person	Uruguaynsa

Derived terms

• uruguaylainen

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.ʁy.ɡwe/

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Proper noun

Uruguay m

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• Uruguéen
• uruguéen

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German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Uruguay n (genitive Uruguays)

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• Uruguayer
• Uruguayerin
• uruguayisch

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Italian

Proper noun

Uruguay m

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• uruguayano / uruguaiano

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Norwegian Bokmål

Flag of Uruguay

Proper noun

Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Related terms

• uruguayaner
• uruguayansk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Related terms

• uruguayan, uruguayanar
• uruguayansk

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Uruguay m

1. Obsolete spelling of Uruguai

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uɾuˈɡwai/, [uɾuˈɣwai̯]

• Audio

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Proper noun

Uruguay m

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

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• uruguayo

Related terms

• Paraguay

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Swedish

Proper noun

Uruguay n (genitive Uruguays)

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

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Turkish

Proper noun

Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• Uruguaylı

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Venetian

Proper noun

Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)