Uruguay
English
Etymology
Disputed, either:
- Guaraní uruá, y (literally “water snail”), from uruá (“apple snail”) + y (“water”); or
- Guaraní uru (quail), gua, y (literally “quail living by the river”) from uru (“quail”) + gua (“from”) + y (“water”).
Quail are upland birds, so Snail River is the likely explanation.
Pronunciation
Derived terms
Translations
country
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Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Central Nahuatl
Czech
Related terms
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuruɡʋɑi̯/, [ˈuruɡʋɑi̯]
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 | |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y.ʁy.ɡwɛ/, /y.ʁy.ɡwe/
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German
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Uruguay n (proper noun, genitive Uruguays or (optionally with an article) Uruguay)
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Derived terms
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈuruɡvaːj]
- Hyphenation: Uru‧guay
- Rhymes: -aːj
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
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u.ruˈɡwaj/
- Rhymes: -aj
- Hyphenation: U‧ru‧guày
Norwegian Bokmål
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Portuguese
Spanish
Etymology
Disputed, either:
- Guaraní uruá, y (literally “water snail”), from uruá (“apple snail”) + y (“water”); or
- Guaraní uru (quail), gua, y (literally “quail living by the river”) from uru (“quail”) + gua (“from”) + y (“water”).
Quail are upland birds, so Snail River is the likely explanation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uɾuˈɡwai/ [u.ɾuˈɣ̞wai̯]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ai
- Syllabification: U‧ru‧guay
Proper noun
Uruguay m
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
- 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).
Swedish
Turkish
Declension
declension of Uruguay
possessive 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
Venetian
Western Huasteca Nahuatl
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