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

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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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Catalan

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Etymology

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From mont +‎ serrat.

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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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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mõ.t͡ʃi.seˈʁa/ [mõ.t͡ʃi.seˈha], /mõt͡ʃ.seˈʁa/ [mõt͡ʃ.seˈha]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /mõ.t͡ʃi.seˈʁa/ [mõ.t͡ʃi.seˈχa], /mõt͡ʃ.seˈʁa/ [mõt͡ʃ.seˈχa]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mõt͡ʃ.seˈʁa/ [mõt͡ʃ.seˈha], /mõ.t͡ʃi.seˈʁa/ [mõ.t͡ʃi.seˈha]

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Montserrat f

  1. Obsolete spelling of Monserrate.

Spanish

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /montseˈrat/ [mõn̪t̪.seˈrat̪]
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  • Rhymes: -at
  • Syllabification: Mont‧se‧rrat

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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