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Montevideo is the name of the capital city of Uruguay. It is pronounced the same both in English and Spanish.

MON-teh-vee-deh-oh

Folklore states that this name came about because the location the city would occupy was charted as the sixth hill from east to west. In Spanish that is

Monte (hill)

VI (Roman numeral for 6)

De Este a Oeste.

Monte VI d E O.

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