At a Glance
- Meaning
- Named for a hill overlooking the site
- Origin
- Portuguese/Spanish
- Pronunciation
- mon-tuh-vih-DAY-oh
Montevideo is a Portuguese/Spanish name meaning “named for a hill overlooking the site”. It appears in our list of 225+ City Names for Babies With a World-Traveler Soul.
Meaning & Origin of Montevideo
Meaning: Named for a hill overlooking the site.
Origin: Portuguese/Spanish.
A common claim: I saw a mountain (from a sailor's exclamation) Actually: This sailor's-exclamation story is a popular legend rather than a confirmed origin -- historians aren't sure which of a few competing stories, if any, is accurate.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Montevideo
mon-tuh-vih-DAY-ohIPA /ˌmɒntəvɪˈdeɪoʊ/
Popularity of Montevideo
Montevideo doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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