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Montenegro.

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.

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Meaning & usage

name/mɒntɪˈniːɹəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/-ˈnɛɡ/Received-Pronunciation/-ˈneɪɡ-/Received-Pronunciation/mɔntɪˈnɪjɡɹəw/British, Southern, Standard
  1. 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.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Venetan Montenegro (from mónte + negro, literally “black mountain”), a calque of Serbo-Croatian Cȓnā Gòra, referring to Mount Lovćen.

name/mɒntɪˈniːɹəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/-ˈnɛɡ/Received-Pronunciation/-ˈneɪɡ-/Received-Pronunciation/mɔntɪˈnɪjɡɹəw/British, Southern, Standard
  1. A barangay of Balatan, Camarines Sur, Philippines.

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Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Venetan Montenegro (from mónte + negro, literally “black mountain”), a calque of Serbo-Croatian Cȓnā Gòra, referring to Mount Lovćen.

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