# Montenegro

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /mɒn.tɪˈnɛɡ.ɹəʊ/ · frequency rank #23,911

## Definitions
1. A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Capital and largest city: Podgorica. Part of Yugoslavia until 2003, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Venetan Montenegro (from mónte + negro, literally “black mountain”), a calque of Serbo-Croatian Cȓnā Gòra, referring to Mount Lovćen.

## Common misspellings (15)
`mmontenegro`, `mnotenegro`, `monetnegro`, `monntenegro`, `monteengro`, `monteneggro`, `montenegor`, `montenegrro`, `montenergo`, `montengero`, `montennegro`, `montneegro`, `monttenegro`, `motnenegro`, `omntenegro`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/montenegro