Ljubljana
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Slovene Ljubljana.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌl(j)ʊbliˈɑːnə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Ljubljana
- The capital city of Slovenia.
- (metonymic) The Slovenian government.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]capital city of Slovenia
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Afrikaans
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ljubljana
- Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)
Related terms
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Slovene Ljubljana. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ljubljana n
- Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)
Estonian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ljubljana
- Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)
French
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ljubljana ?
- Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌli̯uːbəlˈjaːna/, [liˌuːbl̩-], [ˈljuːbl̩-], /ˌjuːbəlˈjaːna/
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Ljubljana n (proper noun, genitive Ljubljanas or (optionally with an article) Ljubljana)
- (chiefly Germany, Switzerland) Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)
- Synonym: (Austria; otherwise now less common) Laibach
Icelandic
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ljubljana n (proper noun, genitive singular Ljubljana)
Declension
[edit]| indefinite singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Ljubljana |
| accusative | Ljubljana |
| dative | Ljubljana |
| genitive | Ljubljana |
Portuguese
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[edit]Ljubljana f
- alternative spelling of Liubliana
Romanian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ljubljana f
- Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ljubljàna f (Cyrillic spelling Љубља̀на)
- Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Ljubljana
Slovene
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Of unclear origin.
- According to etymologist Tijmen Pronk, the name Ljubljana (along with the German Laibach and the Italian Lubiana) is derived from the Proto-Slavic *ľubъ (“pleasant, sweet, love”) and the slavic ethnonymic suffix *-jan. Consequently, the original place name can be reconstructed as *Ljuba (“beloved place”), while the inhabitants were referred to as *Ljubljane. If you asked them where they lived, they would have responded with *v Ljubjah, which is a possible origin of the German name Laibach.
- Silvo Torkar suggests a connection to the old Slavic name Ljubovid (“one of a lovely appearance”), itself from the former. More at Ljubljana.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ljubljána f
- Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)
Declension
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ljubljána | |
| genitive | Ljubljáne | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Ljubljána | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Ljubljáne | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
Ljubljáni | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Ljubljáno | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Ljubljáni | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Ljubljáno | |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Snoj, Marko (2009), Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen [Etymological dictionary of Slovenian geographical names] (in Slovene), Ljubljana: Modrijan Založba ZRC, →ISBN, pages 238-241
- Pronk, Tijmen (2007): The Etymology of Ljubljana - Laibach, in: Folia onomastica Croatica 16, 185–191.
Further reading
[edit]- “Ljubljana”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “Ljubljana”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
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