Zürich

English

Etymology

The name's origin is probably ultimately from a Celtic root for water; compare Proto-Celtic *dubros ‎(“water”).

Alternative forms

• Zurich

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈzɜː(ɹ).ɪk/, /zʊːɹ.ɪx/
• Hyphenation: Zü‧rich

Proper noun

Zürich

1. A city in Switzerland, on Lake Zürich, the capital of the canton of Zürich
2. A canton of Switzerland

Usage notes

The native English form of the word is Zurich, which represents the usual pronunciation with initial /z/. The form Zürich in English arises from the common conception that holds foreign diacritics optional but more correct in English spelling. Both spellings are valid.

The form Zürich may also be used to indicate the German pronunciation, with initial /ts/.

Synonyms

• the canton of Zürich, the canton of Zurich

Translations

city

• Albanian: Cyrihu
• Arabic: زْيُورِخ m ‎(zyūriḵ)
• Armenian: Ցյուրիխ ‎(Cʿyurix)
• Belarusian: Цюрых m ‎(Cjuryx)
• Bulgarian: Цюрих m ‎(Cjurih)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘇黎世, 苏黎世 (zh) ‎(Sūlíshì)

• Czech: Curych (cs) m
• Dutch: Zurich n
• French: Zurich (fr) m, Zürich (fr) m
• Georgian: ციურიხი ‎(ciurixi)
• German: Zürich (de) n

  Alemannic German: Züri n

• Greek: Ζυρίχη (el) ‎(Zyríchi)
• Hebrew: ציריך f ‎(tsirikh)
• Hindi: ज़्यूरिख़ ‎(zyūrix)
• Italian: Zurigo (it) f
• Japanese: チューリッヒ ‎(Chūrihhi)
• Korean: 취리히 ‎(Chwirihi)

• Latin: Turicum
• Latvian: Cīrihe
• Lithuanian: Ciurichas
• Macedonian: Цирих m ‎(Cirih)
• Persian: زوریخ ‎(zurix)
• Polish: Zurych (pl) m
• Portuguese: Zurique (pt) f
• Romansch: Turitg m (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran), Turich m (Puter, Vallader)
• Russian: Цю́рих (ru) m ‎(Cjúrix)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Цирих m

  Roman: Cirih m

• Slovak: Zürich m
• Slovene: Zürich m
• Spanish: Zúrich (es) m
• Thai: ซูริก ‎(soorík)
• Turkish: Zürih (tr)
• Ukrainian: Цюрих m ‎(Cjuryx)

canton

• Armenian: Ցյուրիխ ‎(Cʿyurix)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘇黎世州, 苏黎世州 ‎(Sūlíshì zhōu)

• Dutch: (kanton) Zurich n
• French: (canton de) Zurich m, Zürich (fr) m
• German: Kanton Zürich
• Italian: Zurigo (it) f
• Japanese: チューリッヒ州 (Chūrihhi-shū)
• Macedonian: Цирих m ‎(Círih)

• Polish: Zurych (pl) m
• Portuguese: Zurique (pt)
• Romansch: Turitg m (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran), Turich m (Puter, Vallader)
• Russian: Цю́рих (ru) m ‎(Cjúrix)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Цирих m

  Roman: Cirih m

• Turkish: Zürih (tr)

References

• Mills, A.D., A Dictionary of English Place Names, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.

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German

Etymology

From Latin Turicum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsyːrɪç/, /ˈtsʏrɪç/

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• Hyphenation: Zü‧rich

Proper noun

Zürich n ‎(genitive Zürichs)

1. Zürich (city and canton)

Derived terms

• Züricher, Zürcher
• züricherisch, zürcherisch
• Zürichsee