Madrid

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Proper noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Spanish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Proper noun 2.3.1 Related words 2.4 See also

English

Etymology

Spanish (see Spanish entry below).

Pronunciation

	IPA	SAMPA
GenAm	/məˈd(ʒ)rɪd/	/m@"d(Z)rId/

Proper noun

Madrid

1. The capital city of Spain.

Translations

• Bulgarian: Мадрид (Madrid)
• Chinese: 马德里 (Mǎdélǐ)
• Danish: Madrid
• Dutch: Madrid n
• Esperanto: Madrido
• French: Madrid m
• German: Madrid
• Greek, Modern: Μαδρίτη (Madhriti)
• Hebrew: מדריד
• Japanese: マドリード (Madorīdo), マドリッド (Madoriddo)
• Italian: Madrid f
• Korean : 마드리드 (madeurideu)
• Polish: Madryt
• Romanian: Madrid
• Spanish: Madrid
• Swedish: Madrid

See also

• Wikipedia article on Madrid

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Spanish

Etymology

Formerly Magerit, etymology uncertain but probably derived from one or more of the following ingredients:

• Celtic *mageto ritu "great bridge"
• Arabic مجرى (majrá) "stream"
• Latin matrix "mother, womb" [of rivers]

Pronunciation

IPA	SAMPA
/maˈdrid/	/ma"drid/

Proper noun

Madrid

1. Madrid

Related words

• madrileño

See also

The Spanish Wikipedia article on Madrid