Montserrat

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

• IPA^(key): /mɒn(t)səˈɹæt/

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• IPA^(key): /mɒn(t)səˈɹɒt/
• Rhymes: -æt, -ɒt

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.

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From mont +‎ serrat.

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

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)

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Montserrat f

1. Obsolete spelling of Monserrate

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

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

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

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. a female given name transferred from the place name or from Catalan, shortened from María (de) Montserrat, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as the patron of Catalonia