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Montenegro

mon·te·negro

UK/mɒntɪˈniːɹəʊ/ US/-ˈnɛɡ/ uncommon

noun

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a former country bordering on the Adriatic Sea; now part of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro

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Origin

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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