montenegro
/ˌmɑntəˈniɡɹoʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Capital and largest city: Podgorica. Part of Yugoslavia until 2003, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.
Example Sentences
- "For centuries a theocracy ruled by bishops, Montenegro maintained its autonomy during the Ottoman period."
- "A man shot dead 12 people in a rampage in a small town in Montenegro before dying from self-inflicted injuries early on Thursday, authorities said, in one of the tiny Balkan nation’s worst mass killings."
Etymology
Borrowed from Venetan Montenegro (from mónte + negro, literally “black mountain”), a calque of Serbo-Croatian Cȓnā Gòra, referring to Mount Lovćen.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌmɑntəˈniɡɹoʊ/
- British English: /mɒntɪˈniːɹəʊ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Montenegros (plural)