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Uruguay (/ ˈjʊərəɡwaɪ / ⓘ [ 11 ]YOOR-ə-gwy, Spanish: [uɾuˈɣwaj] ⓘ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (Spanish: República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the ...
e. The history of Uruguay comprises different periods: the pre-Columbian time or early history (up to the 16th century), the Colonial Period (1516–1811), the Period of Nation-Building (1811–1830), and the history of Uruguay as an independent country (1830–present). Written history began with the arrival of Spanish chroniclers in the ...
Etymology of Uruguay. Redirect to: Uruguay#Etymology. Retrieved from " ".
Montevideo (/ ˌmɒntɪvɪˈdeɪoʊ /, [ 10 ] US also /- ˈvɪdioʊ /; [ 11 ]Spanish: [monteβiˈðeo]) is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) [ 12 ] in an area of 201 square kilometers (78 sq mi).
Abyssinia, a former name: Uncertain meaning. Latinized in 1735 from a Portuguese corruption Abassia[ 39 ] of the Arabic al-Ḥabašah (الحبشة), [ 200 ] from Ge'ez Ḥabbaśā (ሐበሻ) or Ḥabaśā (ሐበሣ), first attested in 2nd- or 3rd-century engravings as Ḥbś or Ḥbštm (ሐበሠ), [ 201 ] of unknown origin.
The Uruguay Portal. Uruguay (/ ˈjʊərəɡwaɪ / ⓘ YOOR-ə-gwy, Spanish: [uɾuˈɣwaj] ⓘ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (Spanish: República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la ...
Portal. : Uruguay/Intro. Uruguay ( / ˈjʊərəɡwaɪ / ⓘ YOOR-ə-gwy, Spanish: [uɾuˈɣwaj] ⓘ ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( Spanish: República Oriental del Uruguay ), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río ...
The Orient is a term referring to the East in relation to Europe, traditionally comprising anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of the term Occident, which refers to the Western world. In English, it is largely a metonym for, and coterminous with, the continent of Asia – loosely classified into Southwest Asia, Southeast ...