Fray Bentos

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Fray Bentos.

Proper noun

Fray Bentos

1. A city, the capital of the Río Negro department, Uruguay.
   • 2003 September 21, Tom Hall, “Sunset in a one-pie town”, in The Observer‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The big draw of the town was the disused meat factory on the shore of the broad Rio Uruguay. Fray Bentos (named after a Jesuit priest) rose and fell with the fortunes of the meat company, Frigorífico Anglo del Uruguay.

Spanish

Etymology

From fray (“friar”) + Bentos, Friar Benedict, a reclusive priest.

Proper noun

Fray Bentos ?

1. Fray Bentos (a city, the capital of the Río Negro department, Uruguay).

Further reading

• Fray Bentos on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es