Žilina

English

Proper noun

Žilina

1. A city in northwestern Slovakia situated on the Váh river
2. Žilina Region, one of eight regions in Slovakia.

Translations

city

• Belarusian: Жы́ліна f (Žýlina)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 日利納 / 日利纳 (Rìlìnà)

• Czech: Žilina (cs) f
• German: Žilina (de) n, Sillein n, Silein n
• Hungarian: Zsolna (hu)
• Polish: Żylina (pl) f
• Russian: Жи́лина f (Žílina)
• Slovak: Žilina (sk) f
• Ukrainian: Жи́ліна f (Žýlina)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒɪlɪna]

Proper noun

Žilina f (related adjective žilinský)

1. a city in northwestern Slovakia situated on the Váh river

Declension

Declension of Žilina (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Žilina
genitive	Žiliny
dative	Žilině
accusative	Žilinu
vocative	Žilino
locative	Žilině
instrumental	Žilinou

Further reading

• “Žilina”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒiʎina]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Žilina f (genitive singular Žiliny, declension pattern of žena)

1. a city in northwestern Slovakia situated on the Váh river

Declension

Declension of Žilina

	singulare tantum
nominative	Žilina
genitive	Žiliny
dative	Žiline
accusative	Žilinu
locative	Žiline
instrumental	Žilinou

Derived terms

• Žilinčan
• Žilinčanka
• žilinský

Proper noun

Žilina m pers (female equivalent Žilinová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Žilina (pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Žilina	Žilinovia	Žilinovci
genitive	Žilinu	Žilinov	Žilinovcov
dative	Žilinovi	Žilinom	Žilinovcom
accusative	Žilinu	Žilinov	Žilinovcov
locative	Žilinovi	Žilinoch	Žilinovcoch
instrumental	Žilinom	Žilinami	Žilinovcami

Further reading

• “Žilina”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024