Zurich

See also: Zürich and Zúrich

English

Alternative forms

• Zürich

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɜɹ.ɪk/, /zʊɹ.ɪk/, /-ɪx/
• IPA^(key): /ˈzjʊə.ɹɪk/, /-ɪx/
• Hyphenation: Zu‧rich

Proper noun

Zurich

1. A city in Switzerland, on Lake Zurich, the capital of the canton of Zurich
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 (Cʻyurix)
• Azerbaijani: Sürix (az)
• Bavarian: Zirich
• Belarusian: Цюрых m (Cjuryx)
• Bulgarian: Цюрих m (Cjurih)
• Catalan: Zuric (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘇黎世／苏黎世 (zh) (Sūlíshì), 苏黎世 (zh) (Sūlíshì)

• Czech: Curych (cs) m
• Danish: Zürich n
• Dutch: Zurich n
• Esperanto: Zuriko
• Finnish: Zürich (fi)
• 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)
• Hungarian: Zürich (hu)
• Italian: Zurigo (it) f
• Japanese: チューリッヒ (Chūrihhi)
• Korean: 취리히 (Chwirihi)
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• Latin: Turicum
• Latvian: Cīrihe
• Lithuanian: Ciurichas
• Macedonian: Цирих m (Cirih)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Zürich n

  Nynorsk: Zürich n

• Persian: زوریخ (zurix)
• Piedmontese: Zürig
• Polish: Zurych (pl) m
• Portuguese: Zurique (pt) f
• Rhine Franconian: Zirich
• Romanian: Zürich m
• 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
• Swedish: Zürich n
• Thai: ซูริก (soorík)
• Turkish: Zürih (tr)
• Ukrainian: Цюрих m (Cjuryx)

canton

• Armenian: Ցյուրիխ (Cʻyurix)
• Bavarian: Zirich
• Catalan: Zuric (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: (kanton) Zurich n
• Finnish: Zürich (fi)
• French: (canton de) Zurich m, Zürich (fr) m
• German: Kanton Zürich

  Alemannic German: Züri

• Italian: Zurigo (it) f
• Japanese: チューリッヒ州 (Chūrihhi-shū)
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• Macedonian: Ци́рих m (Círih)
• Polish: Zurych (pl) m
• Portuguese: Zurique (pt)
• Rhine Franconian: Zirich
• 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

• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: Zürih (tr)

References

• Mills, A.D., A Dictionary of English Place Names, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
• Zurich, Zürich at Google Ngram Viewer

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zurich.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Zu‧rich

Proper noun

Zurich n

1. Zurich (the city)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zy.ʁik/

Proper noun

Zurich ?

1. Zurich (the canton or the city)