Lucerne

See also: lucerne

English

Canton of Lucerne on Wikipedia

Lucerne on Wikipedia

Etymology

From French Lucerne, known in Swiss German as Lozärn, from Medieval Latin Lucernense, Luciaria, Lucerna, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Latin lūcĭus (“pike”) with the suffix -ārĭa, as in "place with a large number of pike." Popular etymology associated it with lucerna (“lantern”), though both words are related to lux (“light”).^[1] Also compare Leodegar, Burgundian bishop of Autun.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Lucerne

A canton of Switzerland.
Synonym: canton of Lucerne
The capital city of Lucerne canton, Switzerland.
A number of places in the United States (others are spelt Luzerne):
1. A census-designated place in Lake County, California.
2. An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado, named for the plant lucerne.
3. An unincorporated community in Harrison Township, Cass County, Indiana.
4. A ghost town in Adell Township, Sheridan County, Kansas.
5. A former settlement in Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan.
6. A village in Putnam County, Missouri.
7. A ghost town in Center Township, Columbiana County, Ohio.
8. An unincorporated community in Knox County, Ohio.
9. An unincorporated community in Chelan County, Washington.
10. An unincorporated community in Gilmer County, West Virginia.
11. A census-designated place in Hot Springs County, Wyoming.

Usage notes

As noted in the etymology, the Lucerne spelling is from French. However, within the Swiss city and canton the German spelling of Luzern is preferred.

Derived terms

Lucerne hammer

Translations

canton

Catalan: Lucerna f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 盧塞恩州 / 卢塞恩州 (Lúsài'ēn Zhou)
French: Lucerne (fr)
Georgian: ლუცერნი (lucerni), ლუცერნის კანტონი (lucernis ḳanṭoni)
German: Luzern (de)
Italian: Lucerna
Polish: Lucerna (pl) f
Portuguese: Lucerna f
Romansch: Lucerna f
Russian: Лю́церн m (Ljúcern)
Spanish: Lucerna (es)
Ukrainian: Лю́церн m (Ljúcern)

city

Albanian: Luzern m
Arabic: لوسرن f (lūsirn), لوسيرن f (lūsērn), لوزيرن f (lūzērn), لوتسيرن (lūtsērn)
Armenian: Լյուցեռն (hy) (Lyucʻeṙn)
Basque: Luzerna
Belarusian: Люцэрн m (Ljucern)
Breton: Luzern m
Bulgarian: Люце́рн m (Ljucérn)
Catalan: Lucerna f
Chechen: Люце́рн (Ljucérn)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 盧塞恩 / 卢塞恩 (zh) (Lúsài'ēn) (mainland), 琉森 (zh) (Liúsēn) (Taiwan)
Chuvash: Люце́рн (Ljutsérn)
Czech: Lucern
Dutch: Luzern n
Esperanto: Lucerno
Finnish: Luzern
French: Lucerne (fr) f
Galician: Lucerna f
Georgian: ლუცერნი (lucerni)
German: Luzern (de) n
Alemannic German: Lozärn n
Greek: Λουκέρνη n (Loukérni)
Icelandic: Luzern
Italian: Lucerna f
Japanese: ルツェルン (Rutserun)
Kazakh: Люцерн (Lüsern)
Korean: 루체른 (ruchereun)
Latin: Lucerna f, Lucernae f
Latvian: Lucerna f
Limburgish: Luzern n
Lithuanian: Liucerna f
Lombard: Lüzerna f
Low German:
German Low German: Luzern n
Luxembourgish: Luzern n
Marathi: लुत्सर्न (lutsarna)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Luzern

Nynorsk: Luzern
Occitan: Lucèrna f
Ossetian: Люцерн (Ljucern)
Piedmontese: Luserna f
Polish: Lucerna (pl) f
Portuguese: Lucerna f
Romansch: Lucerna f
Russian: Люце́рн m (Ljucérn)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Луцерн m

Roman: Lucern m
Sicilian: Lucerna f
Silesian: Luzern n
Slovak: Luzern
Slovene: Luzern
Spanish: Lucerna (es) f
Swedish: Luzern
Tamil: லூசெர்ன் (lūcerṉ)
Tatar: Люцерн (Lyütsern)
Thai: ลูเซิร์น (loo sern)
Tibetan: ལུ་ཛེར་ན། (lu dzer na)
Ukrainian: Люце́рн m (Ljucérn)
Uzbek:
Cyrillic: Люцерн

Roman: Luzern
Venetan: Łuxerna f
Yiddish: לוצערן (lutsern)

References

^ Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen. Hrsg. vom Centre de Dialectologie an der Universität Neuenburg unter der Leitung von Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld/Lausanne 2005, S. 558.

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Lucerne

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ly.sɛʁn/

Proper noun

Lucerne ?

Lucerne (the capital city of Lucerne canton, Switzerland)
Lucerne (a canton of Switzerland)