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The article for

Uruguay

Uruguay

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Meaning

[1] Land in South America

[1] Land in Südamerika

Examples

[1] "Uruguay has a legal system based on the Code Civil and the Spanish civil law system"

[1] „Uruguay hat ein Rechtssystem, das auf dem Code civil und dem spanischen Zivilrechtsystem beruht.“

[1] In Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, almost half of the population lives

[1] In Montevideo, der Hauptstadt Uruguays, wohnt fast die Hälfte der Bevölkerung.

[1] "An unscheduled banking holiday like on Tuesday has not been in place in Uruguay for seventy years"

[1] „Einen außerplanmäßigen Bankfeiertag wie am Dienstag hat es in Uruguay seit siebzig Jahren nicht mehr gegeben.“
Grammar note

The article is needed if "Uruguay" in a certain quality, at a certain time or period as a subject or object in the sentence, is otherwise, i.e. normally, no article is used.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ (das) Uruguay
Genitiv (des Uruguay) (des Uruguays) Uruguays
Dativ (dem) Uruguay
Akkusativ (das) Uruguay

Pronunciation

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