Strasbourg

English

Etymology

From French Strasbourg, from Middle High German Strāzburc. Compare modern German Straßburg, equivalent to Straße (“street, road”) + Burg (“borough, fortified town, castle”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstɹæzbɜːɡ/, /ˈstɹæsbɜːɡ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstɹɑːsbɝːɡ/

Proper noun

Strasbourg

1. The capital city of the Bas-Rhin department, France; capital city of the region of Grand Est; located in the historic region of Alsace, near the border with Germany and at various historical points a part of Germany.

   Synonym: (obsolete) Argentine

2. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Alternative forms

• Strassburg

Derived terms

• Strasbourg pie

Translations

city in Alsace, France

• Alemannic German: Strosburi n

  Lower Rhine Alsatian: Strossburi n

  Upper Rhine Alsatian: Strossburig n

• Arabic: سْتْرَاسْبُورْغ‎ m (strāsbūrḡ)

  Hijazi Arabic: ستراسبورق‎ f (strāsbūrg)

• Armenian: Ստրասբուրգ (Strasburg)
• Catalan: Estrasburg m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斯特拉斯堡 (zh) (Sītèlāsībǎo)

• Corsican: Strasburgu m
• Czech: Štrasburk m
• Dutch: Straatsburg (nl) n, Straatburcht f
• Esperanto: Strasburgo
• Finnish: Strasbourg (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Strasbôrg
• French: Strasbourg (fr) m
• Galician: Estrasburgo (gl)
• Georgian: სტრასბურგი (sṭrasburgi)
• German: Straßburg (de) n
• Greek: Στρασβούργο (el) n (Strasvoúrgo)
• Icelandic: Strassborg f, Strætiborg f
• Italian: Strasburgo m
• Japanese: ストラスブール (Sutorasubūru) (French form), シュトラースブルク (Shutorāsuburuku) (German form)
• Korean: 스트라스부르 (Seuteuraseubureu) (French form), 슈트라스부르크 (Syuteuraseubureukeu) (German form)
• Latin: Argentoratum (la) n, Argentaria n, Strasburgum n
• Lithuanian: Strasbūras m
• Luxembourgish: Stroossbuerg
• Macedonian: Стразбу́р m (Strazbúr)
• Occitan: Estrasborg m
• Old Norse: Stransborg f, Stránsborg f
• Polish: Strasburg (pl) m, Sztrasburg m
• Portuguese: Estrasburgo f
• Russian: Стра́сбург (ru) m (Strásburg), Страсбу́р m (Strasbúr)
• Slovak: Štrasburg m
• Spanish: Estrasburgo (es) m
• West Frisian: Straasburch n
• Yiddish: שטראַסבורג‎ n (shtrasburg), סטראַסבורג‎ n (strasburg)

French

Etymology

From Middle High German Strāzburc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stʁas.buʁ/, /stʁaz.buʁ/

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Proper noun

Strasbourg m

1. Strasbourg (the capital city of the Bas-Rhin department, France; capital city of the region of Grand Est)

Derived terms

• Strasbourgeois