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. Capital and largest city: Montevideo.
   • 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London, New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 249:

     The conflict was finally settled in 1828 with the creation of the buffer state of Uruguay, but the prestige of the emperor had suffered a further blow as a result of this reverse, as it was perceived.

Derived terms

• Uruguayan

Translations

country

• Abkhaz: Уругәаи (Urugʷaj)
• Afrikaans: Uruguay
• Albanian: Uruguái (sq) m, Uruguáj m
• Amharic: ኡራጓይ (ʾuragʷay)
• Arabic: أُورُوغُوَاي f (ʔūrūḡuwāy), أُورُوجُوَاي (ar) f (ʔūrūguwāy)

  Hijazi Arabic: أوروقواي f (ʔūrūgwāy)

• Armenian: Ուրուգվայ (Urugvay)
• Asturian: Uruguay (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Uruqvay (az)
• Basque: Uruguai
• Belarusian: Уругва́й m (Uruhváj)
• Bengali: উরুগুয়ে (bn) (uruguẏe)
• Breton: Uruguay
• Bulgarian: Уругва́й m (Urugváj)
• Burmese: ဥရုဂွေး (u.ru.gwe:)
• Catalan: Uruguai (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 烏拉圭 / 乌拉圭 (wu¹ laai¹ gwai¹)

  Mandarin: 烏拉圭 / 乌拉圭 (zh) (Wūlāguī)

• Czech: Uruguay (cs) f
• Danish: Uruguay (da) n
• Dhivehi: އުރުގުއ (urugu)
• Dutch: Uruguay (nl) n
• Esperanto: Urugvajo (eo)
• Estonian: Uruguay (et)
• Finnish: Uruguay (fi)
• French: Uruguay (fr) m
• Galician: Uruguai (gl) m
• Georgian: ურუგვაი (ka) (urugvai)
• German: Uruguay (de) n
• Greek: Ουρουγουάη (el) f (Ourougouái)
• Guaraní: Uruguái
• Gujarati: ઉરુગ્વે (urugve)
• Hebrew: אורוגוואי m (urugvay)
• Hindi: उरुग्वे (hi) m (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 (kk) (Urugvai)
• Khmer: អ៊ុយរូហ្គាយ (ʼuyruugiəy)
• Kikuyu: Urugwai
• Korean: 우루과이 (ko) (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, Urukoi
• Marathi: उरुग्वे (urugve)
• Meru: Urugwai
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Уругвай (Urugvaj)

• Navajo: Táłtłʼááh Chʼosh Bitooh
• Nepali: उरुग्वे (urugve)
• Norman: Uruguay m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Uruguay n

  Nynorsk: Uruguay (nn) n

• Odia: ଉରୁଗୁଏ (urugue)
• Persian:

  Dari: یُورُوگْوَای (yūrūgwāy)

  Iranian Persian: اُروگوئِه (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 (uruguwa)
• Slovak: Uruguaj m
• Slovene: Urugvaj (sl) m
• Spanish: Uruguay (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: Urugwei
• Swahili: Urugwai (sw)
• Swedish: Uruguay (sv) n
• 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: یُوراگْوئے m (yūrāgve)
• Uyghur: ئۇرۇگۋاي (urugway)
• Uzbek: Urugvay (uz)
• Vietnamese: U-ru-goay, Điểu Hà (鳥河)
• Volapük: Luruguyän (vo)
• Yakut: Уругуай (Uruguay)
• Yiddish: אורוגווײַ (urugvay)
• Yoruba: Nruguayi

See also

countries in South America (appendix)edit

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Suriname
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uɾuˈɡwai̯/ [u.ɾuˈɣ̞wai̯]
• Rhymes: -ai̯
• Syllabification: U‧ru‧guay

Proper noun

Uruguay m

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Related terms

• uruguayu

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Uruguay.

Proper noun

Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuruɡvaj]

Proper noun

Uruguay f (relational adjective uruguayský, demonym Uruguayec)

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Declension

Declension of Uruguay (sg-only soft feminine)

	singular
nominative	Uruguay
genitive	Uruguaye
dative	Uruguayi
accusative	Uruguayi
vocative	Uruguaye
locative	Uruguayi
instrumental	Uruguayí

Further reading

• “Uruguay”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Uruguay”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Uruguay”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Proper noun

Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Uruguay n

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish Uruguay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuruɡʋɑi̯/, [ˈuruɡʋɑ̝i̯]
• Rhymes: -uruɡʋɑi

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	—
abessive		Uruguaytta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Uruguay (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Uruguayni — accusative nom. Uruguayni — gen. Uruguayni genitive Uruguayni — partitive Uruguaytani — inessive Uruguayssani — elative Uruguaystani — illative Uruguayhini — adessive Uruguayllani — ablative Uruguayltani — allative Uruguaylleni — essive Uruguaynani — translative Uruguaykseni — abessive Uruguayttani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Uruguaysi — accusative nom. Uruguaysi — gen. Uruguaysi genitive Uruguaysi — partitive Uruguaytasi — inessive Uruguayssasi — elative Uruguaystasi — illative Uruguayhisi — adessive Uruguayllasi — ablative Uruguayltasi — allative Uruguayllesi — essive Uruguaynasi — translative Uruguayksesi — abessive Uruguayttasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Uruguaymme — accusative nom. Uruguaymme — gen. Uruguaymme genitive Uruguaymme — partitive Uruguaytamme — inessive Uruguayssamme — elative Uruguaystamme — illative Uruguayhimme — adessive Uruguayllamme — ablative Uruguayltamme — allative Uruguayllemme — essive Uruguaynamme — translative Uruguayksemme — abessive Uruguayttamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Uruguaynne — accusative nom. Uruguaynne — gen. Uruguaynne genitive Uruguaynne — partitive Uruguaytanne — inessive Uruguayssanne — elative Uruguaystanne — illative Uruguayhinne — adessive Uruguayllanne — ablative Uruguayltanne — allative Uruguayllenne — essive Uruguaynanne — translative Uruguayksenne — abessive Uruguayttanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Uruguaynsa — accusative nom. Uruguaynsa — gen. Uruguaynsa genitive Uruguaynsa — partitive Uruguaytaan Uruguaytansa — inessive Uruguayssaan Uruguayssansa — elative Uruguaystaan Uruguaystansa — illative Uruguayhinsa — adessive Uruguayllaan Uruguayllansa — ablative Uruguayltaan Uruguayltansa — allative Uruguaylleen Uruguayllensa — essive Uruguaynaan Uruguaynansa — translative Uruguaykseen Uruguayksensa — abessive Uruguayttaan Uruguayttansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• uruguaylainen

compounds

• uruguaynvyötiäinen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.ʁy.ɡwɛ/, /y.ʁy.ɡwe/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Uruguay m

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• Uruguayen
• uruguayen

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Uruguay n (proper noun, genitive Uruguays or (optionally with an article) Uruguay)

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• Uruguayer
• uruguayisch

Further reading

• “Uruguay” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuruɡvaːj]
• Hyphenation: Uru‧guay
• Rhymes: -aːj

Proper noun

Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America; official name: Uruguayi Keleti Köztársaság)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Uruguay	—
accusative	Uruguayt	—
dative	Uruguaynak	—
instrumental	Uruguayjal	—
causal-final	Uruguayért	—
translative	Uruguayjá	—
terminative	Uruguayig	—
essive-formal	Uruguayként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Uruguayban	—
superessive	Uruguayon	—
adessive	Uruguaynál	—
illative	Uruguayba	—
sublative	Uruguayra	—
allative	Uruguayhoz	—
elative	Uruguayból	—
delative	Uruguayról	—
ablative	Uruguaytól	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Uruguayé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Uruguayéi	—

Possessive forms of Uruguay

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Uruguayom	—
2nd person sing.	Uruguayod	—
3rd person sing.	Uruguaya	—
1st person plural	Uruguayunk	—
2nd person plural	Uruguayotok	—
3rd person plural	Uruguayuk	—

Derived terms

• uruguayi

See also

countries in South America: Dél-Amerika országai (appendix)edit

• Argentína
• Bolívia
• Brazília
• Chile
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Kolumbia
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Suriname
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Uruguay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.ruˈɡwaj/
• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: U‧ru‧guày

Proper noun

Uruguay m

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• uruguayano / uruguaiano

Norwegian Bokmål

Flag of Uruguay

Proper noun

Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Related terms

• uruguayaner
• uruguayansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Related terms

• uruguayan, uruguayanar
• uruguayansk

Portuguese

Proper noun

Uruguay m

1. obsolete spelling of Uruguai

Spanish

Etymology

Disputed, either:

• Guaraní urugua y (literally “water shellfish”), from urugua (“shellfish”) +‎ y (“water”); or
• Guaraní uru gua y (literally “type of water bird”) from uru (“type of bird”) +‎ gua (“from”) +‎ y (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uɾuˈɡwai/ [u.ɾuˈɣ̞wai̯]

• Audio (Peru); “Uruguay; capital: Montevideo”:

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• Rhymes: -ai
• Syllabification: U‧ru‧guay

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

• uruguayizar
• uruguayo / uruguaya

Related terms

• Paraguay

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Uruguay n (genitive Uruguays)

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Derived terms

• uruguayan
• uruguayansk
• uruguayanska
• uruguayare
• uruguaysk

Further reading

• Uruguay in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Declension

Declension of Uruguay

	singular
nominative	Uruguay
accusative	Uruguay'ı
dative	Uruguay'a
locative	Uruguay'da
ablative	Uruguay'dan
genitive	Uruguay'ın

Possessive forms of Uruguay

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Uruguay'm	Uruguaylarım Uruguay'larım
senin (your)	Uruguay'n	Uruguayların Uruguay'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Uruguay'sı	Uruguayları Uruguay'ları
bizim (our)	Uruguay'mız	Uruguaylarımız Uruguay'larımız
sizin (your)	Uruguay'nız	Uruguaylarınız Uruguay'larınız
onların (their)	Uruguay'sı Uruguayları Uruguay'ları	Uruguayları Uruguay'ları

Derived terms

• Uruguaylı

See also

countries in South America: Güney Amerika ülkesi (appendix)edit

• Arjantin
• Bolivya
• Brezilya
• Ekvador
• Guyana
• Kolombiya
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Surinam
• Şili
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Venetan

Proper noun

Uruguay m

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Uruguay

1. Uruguay (a country in South America)