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Our name
Why "Uruwashi"?
The domain's name selected
for the Website of the Embassy of Uruguay in the United States
of America stands for more than "uru" for Uruguay, and "washi"
for Washington, DC; it intends to honor a traditional and long
standing jargon of our Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
In the past, when written
forms of communications were much more difficult and complex
than they are nowadays, brief and concise messages —between our
Embassies around the world and Montevideo— were required.
Moreover, every character, number or letter, had a cost. As
result, every word, sentence or phrase in a message was better
(and economical) weather short and accurate.
For this reason, even
names had to be shortened, for instance, our country was
always represented by the letters "ROU" (República Oriental del
Uruguay). Denomination of our representations overseas had to be
abbreviated as well. All of them had a suffix in common "uru",
and after this, a combination of words, usually associated to
the name of the city where they stood. That was the origin of
"Uruwashi". Hence, our Embassy in Canada, according to the same
rule, was named "Uruott", in Argentina "Urubaires", etc. Yet,
others may have had such different denominations as, "Urugalia"
in France, or "Uruazte" in Mexico.
All these names and
denomination outlived the telegraphs and teletypes, and today,
in the era of electronic communications they are the expected
way to refer to our embassies, delegations to international
organizations and consular offices. They are a part of the
jargon and terminology of our MFA and Government.
This explanation is a
consequence of a message we recently received from one of our
nationals. We expect to receive your comments and suggestions
about this Website too! Please write to
uruwashi@uruwashi.org
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Publication
Data
This Website is a
publication of the Embassy Of Uruguay in Washington, DC,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Pictures of Uruguay in the
Website and
the text in "People" Section:
courtesy of Testoni Studios Ediciones
Uruguay: Lo Mejor De Lo Nuestro - The Best It Has To Offer,
Uruguay, Montevideo, 1998.
Texts in Sections "Uruguay"
and "Economic & Commercial": courtesy of Uruguay
XXI - Investment & Exports Promotion Agency,
Montevideo, Uruguay, Plaza Independencia 831, Office 611, (598-2)
9002912 & 9080318, fax: (598-2) 9008298, E-mail: info@uruguayxxi.gub.uy
The sculpture at the main
entrance of the Embassy "Awakening in DC" (2002,
Construction in wood 320 x 205 x 80 cms): courtesy of
Uruguayan Artist Ricardo Pascale.
The Metro System Map in
the "Contac Us" Section: courtesy of Washington
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
If you have any questions
about information contained in this Website please Contact
Us
via email or send a letter to:
Embassy Of
Uruguay
1913 I (Eye) Street, NW
Washington, DC, 20006
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Technical
notes: This Website has been optimized for Internet Explorer 5.0
or higher at a 1024x768 screen resolution.
Web Site
Disclaimers and Privacy Policy: We collect no personal
information about you when you visit our site. About
the Links to external Websites. Our Website has many
links to other agencies, embassies, multilateral organizations
and private organizations. When you link to another
site, you are no longer on our site and you are subject to the
privacy policy of the new site.
All
the material contained in this Website is © Copyright 2003
Embassy Of Uruguay in Washington, DC, Ministry Of Foreign
Affairs, unless otherwise noted. The
use of the images and text contained herein, or hyper linking to
the images is expressly forbidden without prior written
permission from the Embassy's Chief of Mission.
Miscellaneous
Updates
Last update
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 12:24:18 PM.
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