Maputo
English
Etymology
From Portuguese Maputo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məˈpuːtəʊ/
Proper noun
Maputo
- The capital city of Mozambique.
- 2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 114:
- Then came a rough exultant voice, ‘This is the Voice of Zimbabwe broadcasting from Maputo!’
- A river in southeastern Africa.
Synonyms
- Lourenço Marques (pre-independence), City of Acacias, Pearl of the Indian Ocean (nicknames)
Translations
capital of Mozambique
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmaputo]
Proper noun
Maputo n (related adjective maputský)
- Maputo (the capital city of Mozambique)
- Maputo (a river in southeastern Africa)
Declension
Further reading
- Maputo in Internetová jazyková příručka
Esperanto
Etymology
From Portuguese Maputo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [maˈputo]
- Rhymes: -uto
- Hyphenation: Ma‧pu‧to
Proper noun
Maputo (accusative Maputon)
- Maputo (the capital city of Mozambique)
- Maputo (a river in southeastern Africa)
Holonyms
- Mozambiko (“Mozambique”)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈpu.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈpu.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈpu.tu/
- Hyphenation: Ma‧pu‧to
Proper noun
Maputo m
- Maputo (the capital city of Mozambique)
- Maputo (a river in southeastern Africa)
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmaputɔ]
Proper noun
Maputo n (genitive singular Maputa, declension pattern of mesto)
- Maputo (the capital of Mozambique)
References
- “Maputo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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