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Former good article nomineeMontevideo was a Geography and places good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on November 26, 2010.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Parque Batlle is considered the "lungs" of the city of Montevideo (pictured) due to the large number of trees planted there?
On this day... Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on February 3, 2013, and February 3, 2016.
Current status: Former good article nominee

Monte Vidi

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The etymology section explains when "Montevidi" was first (purportedly) used, but not what "Vidi" meant. Does it mean "hat"? Or "I saw"? Or somebody's name? Or something else? Or maybe nobody knows now what it was supposed to mean in 1520? If it means "I saw" or similar then the list should be rearranged thus:

  • "I saw a mount"
    • Monte vide eu
    • Monte vidi
  • Monte VI De Este a Oeste
  • Monte Ovidio

jnestorius(talk) 12:04, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Of course 'vidi' is Latin for 'I saw', the first person past tense of 'videre', 'to see'. So 'monte vidi' is very close to 'montem vidi' or 'I saw the mountain' in Latin.
But, since the first person present tense is 'video', there is an even better explanation of 'Montevideo', namely 'Montem video' or "I see the mountain' in Latin, as suggested by Carlos Cravieso in 1923[1].
Jdagius (talk) 02:06, 18 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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