Montserrat

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Montserrat

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Etymology

From Catalan Montserrat. The island was named after the Virgin of Montserrat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɒn(t)səˈɹæt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æt

Proper noun

Montserrat

1. An island and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean. Official name: Montserrat.
2. A mountain range in Catalonia, Spain, near Barcelona, the site of a monastery.

Derived terms

• Montserratian
• Montserrat oriole

Translations

island

Antillean Creole: Monséra Arabic: مُونْتْسِيرَات m (muntsirat) Breton: Montserrat Catalan: Montserrat (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 蒙塞拉特 (Méngsāilātè) Danish: Montserrat Dutch: Montserrat (nl) Esperanto: Montserato, Moncerato Estonian: Montserrat Finnish: Montserrat (fi) French: Montserrat (fr) m German: Montserrat (de) n Greek: Μοντσερράτ (el) n (Montserrát) Hungarian: Montserrat (hu) Irish: Montsarat m Italian: Monserrat Japanese: モンセラト (Monserato) Korean: 몬트세라트 (Monteuserateu) Macedonian: Монсера́т m (Monserát) Maltese: Monserrat Norman: Montserrat m Polish: Montserrat (pl) m inan Portuguese: Monserrate (pt) Romanian: Montserrat Russian: Монсерра́т m (Monserrát) Spanish: Montserrat (es) m Swedish: Montserrat (sv)

See also

• Countries of the world

Catalan

Etymology

From mont +‎ serrat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mun.səˈrat]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mon.səˈrat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mon.seˈrat]

Proper noun

Montserrat f

1. Montserrat (a mountain range in Catalonia, Spain, near Barcelona, the site of a monastery)
2. a female given name transferred from the place name
3. Montserrat (an island and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean)

Derived terms

• Mon
• Mont
• Montse

Portuguese

Proper noun

Montserrat f

1. obsolete spelling of Monserrate

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan Montserrat, from mont (“hill”) + serrat (“jagged”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /montseˈrat/ [mõn̪t̪.seˈrat̪]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: Mont‧se‧rrat

Proper noun

Montserrat f

1. Montserrat (an island and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean)
2. Montserrat (a mountain range in Catalonia, Spain, near Barcelona, the site of a monastery)
3. Lua error in Module:names at line 529: Parameter "from2" is not used by this template., shortened from María (de) Montserrat, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as the patron of Catalonia