montenegro

montenegro — noun

1. a small nation on the Balkan Peninsula in Southern Europe, with the Adriatic Sea

1.名詞B1
釋義

a small nation on the Balkan Peninsula in Southern Europe, with the Adriatic Sea along its western border; it was part of a union with Serbia until 2006, when it regained its independence

例句

The travel blogger spent two weeks exploring the coast of Montenegro.

collocation: coast of Montenegro

Montenegro became an independent country again in two thousand six.

date expression: independent again in 2006

用法筆記

Unlike many country names, Montenegro does not take the article 'the' before it. Say 'in Montenegro', not 'in the Montenegro'. The adjective form is Montenegrin (e.g., 'the Montenegrin coast', 'a Montenegrin writer').

常見錯誤

❌I visited the Montenegro last summer.
✅I visited Montenegro last summer.
💡Country names that end with a single word and are not a group of islands or a region do not take 'the'.