Austerlitz

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Austerlitz, perhaps from an earlier Neusedlitz, borrowed from an old Czech name Novosedlice.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːstəlɪts/, /ˈaʊstəlɪts/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɔstɚlɪts/, /ˈaʊstɚlɪts/

Proper noun

Austerlitz

1. Former name of Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic. The site of Napoleon's victory over the combined Russian and Austrian armies in 1805.
   • 1886, Thomas Hardy, chapter XX, in The Mayor of Casterbridge:

     That dinner at the King’s Arms with his friends had been Henchard’s Austerlitz: he had had his successes since, but his course had not been upward.

Translations

former name of Slavkov u Brna

• Arabic: أَوْسْتِرْلِيتْز m (ʔawstirlītz)
• Armenian: Աուստերլից (Austerlicʻ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧斯特里茨 (Àosītèlǐcí)

• Czech: Slavkov u Brna m
• Danish: Austerlitz n
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} Aŭsterlico
• Finnish: Austerlitz
• French: Austerlitz (fr) m
• Georgian: აუსტერლიცი (ausṭerlici)
• German: Austerlitz (de) n
• Greek: Άουστερλιτς n (Áousterlits)
• Hebrew: אוֹסְטֶרְלִיץ m (Ósterlitz)
• Japanese: アウステルリッツ (Ausuterurittsu)
• Korean: 아우스터리츠 (Auseuteoricheu)
• Latvian: Austerlica f
• Lithuanian: Austerlicas m
• Persian: استرلیتز (osterlitz)
• Polish: Austerlitz (pl) m
• Russian: А́устерлиц m (Áusterlic)
• Slovak: Slavkov u Brna m
• Ukrainian: А́устерліц f (Áusterlic)

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Austerlitz in 1806. Borrowed from German Austerlitz, the German name of Slavkov u Brna. Louis Napoleon gave the village this name after Napoleon won a victory there against Austria and Russia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯.stərˌlits/
• Hyphenation: Aus‧ter‧litz

Proper noun

Austerlitz n

1. A village in Zeist, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Austerlitzer

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “Austerlitz”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

Perhaps from an earlier Neusedlitz, borrowed from an old Czech name Novosedlice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ̯stɐlɪt͡s/

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Proper noun

Austerlitz n (proper noun, strong, genitive Austerlitz')

1. Former name of Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic. The site of Napoleon's victory over the combined Russian and Austrian armies in 1805.