Liverpool

English

Etymology

From Middle English Liverpul, from Old English lifer, læfer (“reed, rush”) + pōl (“pool”). Equivalent to laver +‎ pool.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪvə(ɹ)ˌpuːl/

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Proper noun

Liverpool

1. A city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England; an important seaport in the United Kingdom, and once one of the biggest in the world.
2. A city in New South Wales, Australia, which is a suburb of Sydney.
3. A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
4. A village in Fulton County, Illinois, United States
5. A neighbourhood of Lake Station, on the site of Liverpool, a former town in Lake County, Indiana.
6. A village in Onondaga County, New York, United States.
7. A borough of Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States.
8. A small city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States.

Related terms

• (seaport in Merseyside): Liverpudlian

Translations

Liverpool, England

• Amharic: ሊቨርፑል (livärpul)
• Arabic: لِيفَرْبُول‎ (līfarbūl)

  Egyptian Arabic: ليفربول‎ (līferbūl)

• Aramaic: ܠܝܒܪܦܘܠ‎
• Armenian: Լիվերպուլ (hy) (Liverpul)
• Azerbaijani: Liverpul
• Belarusian: Ліверпу́л (Livjerpúl)
• Bengali: লিভারপূল (libharôpul), লিভার্পূল (libharpul)
• Bulgarian: Ли́върпул m (Lívǎrpul)
• Burmese: လီဗာပူးမြို့ (libapu:mrui.)
• Chechen: Ливерпуль (Liwerpul’)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 利物浦 (lei⁶ mat⁶ pou²)

  Mandarin: 利物浦 (zh) (Lìwùpǔ)

  Wu: 利物浦

• Chuvash: Ливерпуль (Liverp̬ulʹ)
• Czech: Liverpool (cs) m
• Finnish: Liverpool (fi)
• French: Liverpool (fr)
• Galician: Liverpool
• Georgian: ლივერპული (liverṗuli)
• German: Liverpool (de)
• Greek: Λίβερπουλ (el) n (Líverpoul)
• Gujarati: લિવર્પૂલ (livarpūl)
• Hebrew: ליברפול‎
• Hindi: लिवरपूल (livarpūl), लिवर्पूल (livarpūl)
• Irish: Learpholl m
• Jamaican Creole: Livapuul
• Japanese: リバプール (Ribapūru)
• Kannada: ಲಿವರ್‌ಪೂಲ್ (livar‌pūl)
• Kazakh: Ливерпуль (kk) (Lïverpwlʹ)
• Korean: 리버풀 (Ribeopul)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: لیڤەرپوول‎ (lîverpûl)

• Kyrgyz: Ливерпул (Liverpul)
• Lao: ລິເວີຣ໌ພູລ (li wœ̄ phūn)

• Latin: Liverpolium n
• Latvian: Liverpūle
• Lezgi: Ливерпуль (Liverpul’)
• Lithuanian: Liverpulis
• Macedonian: Ливерпул m (Liverpul)
• Malayalam: ലിവർപൂൽ (livarpūl)
• Manx: Lerphoyll m
• Marathi: लिव्हरपूल (livharpūl), लिव्हर्पूल (livharpūl)
• Mazanderani: لیورپول‎
• Mongolian: Ливерпүүл (Liverpüül)
• Nepali: लिभरपुल (libharapul)
• Ossetian: Ливерпуль (Liverpulʹ)
• Persian: لیورپول‎ (fa) (liverpul)
• Portuguese: Liverpool f
• Punjabi: ਲਿਵਰਪੂਲ (livrapūl)
• Russian: Ливерпу́ль (ru) m (Liverpúlʹ)
• Scots: Liverpuil
• Scottish Gaelic: Poll a' Ghrùthain m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ливерпул m

  Roman: Liverpul m

• Sinhalese: ලිවර්පූල් (liwarpūl)
• Spanish: Liverpool (es) m
• Swedish: Liverpool (sv)
• Tajik: Ливерпул (Liverpul)
• Tamil: லிவர்பூல் (livarpūl)
• Tatar: Liverpul
• Telugu: లివర్‌పూల్ (livar‌pūl)
• Thai: ลิเวอร์พูล
• Ukrainian: Ліверпу́ль m (Liverpúlʹ)
• Urdu: لورپول‎ (livarpūl)
• Uzbek: Liverpul
• Veps: Liverpul'
• Welsh: Lerpwl f
• Western Panjabi: لیور پول‎ (pnb)
• Yiddish: ליווערפּול‎ (liverpul)

NY, Canada or Australia

• Bulgarian: Ли́върпул m (Lívǎrpul)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利物浦 (zh) (Lìwùpǔ)

• Czech: Liverpool (cs) m
• French: Liverpool (fr)
• German: Liverpool (de)
• Greek: Λίβερπουλ (el) n (Líverpoul)

• Japanese: リバプール (Ribapūru)
• Latvian: Liverpūle f
• Macedonian: Ливерпул m (Liverpul)
• Portuguese: Liverpool f
• Russian: Ли́верпул m (Líverpul)
• Spanish: Liverpool (es) m

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Catalan

Proper noun

Liverpool m

1. Liverpool (a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England)

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Czech

Proper noun

Liverpool m

1. Liverpool (a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England)

Derived terms

• liverpoolský

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Liverpool.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˌli.veʁˈpuw/, [ˌli.vehˈpuʊ̯], (Brazil) /ˈli.veʁ.puw/, [ˈli.veh.puʊ̯]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˌli.veʁˈpuw/, [ˌli.vehˈpuʊ̯], (Brazil) /ˈli.veʁ.puw/, [ˈli.veh.puʊ̯]
  • IPA^(key): (São Paulo) /ˌli.veɾˈpuw/, [ˌli.veɾˈpuʊ̯], (São Paulo) /ˈli.veɾ.puw/, [ˈli.veɾ.puʊ̯]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /ˌli.veʁˈpuw/, [ˌli.veχˈpuʊ̯], (Rio de Janeiro) /ˈli.veʁ.puw/, [ˈli.veχ.puʊ̯]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /liˌvɛɾˈpul/, [liˌvɛɾˈpuɫ], (Portugal) /ˈli.vɐɾ.pul/, [ˈli.vɐɾ.puɫ]

Proper noun

Liverpool

1. Liverpool (a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England)

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Spanish

Proper noun

Liverpool m

1. Liverpool (a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England)

Derived terms

• liverpuliano