Bogotá

See also: Bogota and Bogotà

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Spanish Bogotá, from Chibcha.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌboʊɡəˈtɑː/, /ˌbɒɡəˈtɑː/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Proper noun

Bogotá

  1. The capital city of Colombia.

Translations

Anagrams

Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /boɡoˈtaː/

Proper noun

Bogotá

  1. Bogotá (the capital and largest city of the modern Colombia).

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /boɡoˈtaː/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Bogotá n (proper noun, genitive Bogotás or (optionally with an article) Bogotá)

  1. Bogota, Bogotá (the capital city of Colombia)

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bo.ɡoˈta/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɔ.ɡuˈta/ [bɔ.ɣuˈta]

  • Hyphenation: Bo‧go‧tá

Proper noun

Bogotá

  1. Bogota, Bogotá (the capital city of Colombia)

Spanish

Etymology

From an unattested Chibcha word variously described as the name of the surrounding region, the capital of the Muisca Confederation, the original name of the town of Funza, the name of a Muisca cacique or his title.

Various forms have been proposed as the original name, such as Bacatá (possibly a later invention [1]); Bocatá, meaning “fields’ end” and the name of a cacique;[2] Bogote, referring to the Bogotá Savannah and used as a hereditary title;[3] Muequetá, supposedly from Chibcha muyquy (“field”) + ta (“inside; field”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /boɡoˈta/ [bo.ɣ̞oˈt̪a]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: Bo‧go‧tá

Proper noun

Bogotá f

  1. Bogota, Bogotá (the capital city of Colombia)
    Synonym: (historical; official from 1991 to 2000) Santafé de Bogotá

References
  1. Sylvia M. Broadbent, Situación del Bogotá chibcha in 1974, Revista Colombiana de Antropología
  2. Late 16th century, Juan de Castellanos, Elegías de varones ilustres de Indias
  3. 1626, Pedro Simón, Noticias historiales de las conquistas de Tierra Firme en las Indias Occidentales
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