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Zips

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Zips, from Middle High German Cypis, Cypus, possibly from Old Hungarian Schypis (modern Szepes).[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Zips

  1. A region of north-eastern Slovakia, Spiš region
  2. (historical) A former province of Hungary, consisting of part of north-eastern Slovakia and a small adjoining region in Poland, Spiš province

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Noun

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Zips

  1. plural of Zip

References

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  1. ^ Róbert Kenyhercz (2018) “On the names of the historical Szepes County”, in Folia Historica Debrecenia, volume 25, →ISSN