Görlitz

English

Etymology

From German Görlitz.

Proper noun

Görlitz

1. A town and rural district of Saxony, Germany

Translations

city in Saxony, Germany

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 格爾利茨 / 格尔利茨 (Gé'ěrlìcí)

• Czech: Zhořelec m
• German: Görlitz (de) n
• Polish: Görlitz (pl) m, Zgorzelec (pl) m (historical)
• Russian: Гёрлиц m (Gjórlic)
• Silesian: Gorlice
• Slovak: Görlitz m, Zhorelec m (historical)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Zgórjelc m

  Upper Sorbian: Zhorjelc m

German

Etymology

First mentioned in Latin as (in villa) Goreliz in a deed from King Heinrich IV of 1071. Said to be of Slavic/Old Sorbian origin, from Proto-Slavic *gorěti (“to burn”), referring to an establishment on a burned site. Its mentioning is connected to the transfer of some of the king's properties located in the eastern part of Upper Lusatia to the cathedral chapter of Meißen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡœʁlɪts/

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• Hyphenation: Gör‧litz

Proper noun

Görlitz n (proper noun, genitive Görlitz' or (with an article) Görlitz)

1. Görlitz (a town and rural district of Saxony, Germany)
2. (historical) Zgorzelec (a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)

Polish

Görlitz

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Görlitz. Doublet of Zgorzelec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛr.lit͡s/
• Rhymes: -ɛrlit͡s
• Syllabification: Gör‧litz

Proper noun

Görlitz m inan (indeclinable)

1. Görlitz (a town in Saxony, Germany)

   Synonym: Zgorzelec

Further reading

• Görlitz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Görlitz in PWN's encyclopedia