Masculine
Madrid
- (masculine) Madrid (the capital city of Spain)
- (masculine) Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)
- (masculine) Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)
- (masculine) the letter M in the Spanish spelling alphabet
- (masculine) a surname
Frequency
Hyphenated as
Ma‧drid
Pronounced as (IPA)
/maˈdɾid/
Etymology
Formerly Magerit; etymology uncertain, but probably derived from one or more of the following: * Latin matrix (“mother or womb [of rivers]”), * Arabic مَجْرًى (majran, “channel”) * hypothetical Celtic *Magyo-ɸritus (“great ford”)
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