Chorzów

Chorzów

English

Etymology

From the Polish Chorzów.

Proper noun

Chorzów

1. A southern Polish city near Katowice in Silesia on the River Rawa.

Synonyms

• (city on the Rawa in southern Poland): Königshütte (German name)

Translations

city on the Rawa in southern Poland

Czech: Chořov German: Königshütte f Latin: please add this translation if you can

Polish: Chorzów (pl) m Russian: Хожув (Xožuv) Silesian: Chorzůw

Further reading

• Chorzów on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Polish

Chorzów

Etymology

Unknown. Possible etymologies include:

• From chory (“ill”) + -ów, meaning “unhealthy place” or “town of sick people”.
• From Chorz + -ów, where Chorz is an archaic personal name, possibly a diminutive of Zachariasz.
• From the place name Zversov.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɔ.ʐuf/

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Proper noun

Chorzów m

1. Chorzów (city on the Rawa in southern Poland)

Declension

declension of Chorzów

	singular
nominative	Chorzów
genitive	Chorzowa
dative	Chorzowowi
accusative	Chorzów
instrumental	Chorzowem
locative	Chorzowie
vocative	Chorzowie

Derived terms

• (nouns) chorzowianin m, chorzowianka f
• (adjective) chorzowski

Descendants

• English: Chorzów

Further reading

• Chorzów on the Polish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pl
• Chorzów in Polish dictionaries at PWN