Medellín
See also: Medellin
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Medellín.
Proper noun
Medellín
- A city and departmental capital of Antioquia department, Colombia; the second-largest city in Colombia.
Translations
city in Colombia
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /medeˈʝin/ [me.ð̞eˈʝĩn] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /medeˈʎin/ [me.ð̞eˈʎĩn] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /medeˈʃin/ [me.ð̞eˈʃĩn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /medeˈʒin/ [me.ð̞eˈʒĩn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: Me‧de‧llín
Etymology 1
From Latin Metellīnum, named after the Roman General Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius in 75 BC who founded the village as a military base.[1]
Proper noun
Medellín
- a village in Extremadura, Spain
References
- ^ “Ayuntamiento de Medellín (España). Toponímicos de Medellín”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1] (in Spanish), 27 July 2019 (last accessed), archived from the original on 9 June 2008
Etymology 2
Named after the village in Spain with the same name.
Proper noun
Medellín