Liverpool

English

Etymology

From Middle English Liverpul, from Old English lifer, læfer (“reed, rush”) + pōl (“pool”). Equivalent to laver +‎ pool.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɪvə(ɹ)ˌpuːl/
Audio (UK) (file)

Proper noun

Liverpool

A city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England; an important seaport in the United Kingdom, and once one of the biggest in the world.
A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The City of Liverpool, a local government area in New South Wales which includes the suburb.
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A village in Fulton County, Illinois, United States
A neighbourhood of Lake Station, on the site of Liverpool, a former town in Lake County, Indiana.
A village in Onondaga County, New York, United States.
A borough of Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States.
A small city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States.

Related terms

(seaport in Merseyside): Liverpudlian

Translations

Liverpool, England

Amharic: ሊቨርፑል (livärpul)
Arabic: لِيفَرْبُول‎ (līfarbūl)
Egyptian Arabic: ليفربول‎ (līferbūl)
Aramaic: ܠܝܒܪܦܘܠ‎
Armenian: Լիվերպուլ (hy) (Liverpul)
Azerbaijani: Liverpul
Belarusian: Ліверпу́л (Livjerpúl)
Bengali: লিভারপূল (libharôpūl), লিভার্পূল (libharpūl)
Bulgarian: Ли́върпул m (Lívǎrpul)
Burmese: လီဗာပူးမြို့ (libapu:mrui.)
Chechen: Ливерпуль (Liverpulʲ)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 利物浦 (lei⁶ mat⁶ pou²)
Mandarin: 利物浦 (zh) (Lìwùpǔ)
Wu: 利物浦
Chuvash: Ливерпуль (Liverp̬ulʹ)
Czech: Liverpool (cs) m
Finnish: Liverpool (fi)
French: Liverpool (fr)
Galician: Liverpool
Georgian: ლივერპული (liverṗuli)
German: Liverpool (de)
Greek: Λίβερπουλ (el) n (Líverpoul)
Gujarati: લિવર્પૂલ (livarpūl)
Hebrew: ליברפול‎
Hindi: लिवरपूल (livarpūl), लिवर्पूल (livarpūl)
Irish: Learpholl m
Jamaican Creole: Livapuul
Japanese: リバプール (Ribapūru)
Kannada: ಲಿವರ್‌ಪೂಲ್ (livar‌pūl)
Kazakh: Ливерпуль (kk) (Liverpul)
Korean: 리버풀 (Ribeopul)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: لیڤەرپوول‎ (lîverpûl)
Kyrgyz: Ливерпул (Liverpul)
Lao: ລິເວີຣ໌ພູລ (li wœ̄ phūn)
Latin: Liverpolium n
Latvian: Liverpūle
Lezgi: Ливерпуль (Liverpul’)
Lithuanian: Liverpulis
Macedonian: Ливерпул m (Liverpul)
Malayalam: ലിവർപൂൽ (livaṟpūl)
Manx: Lerphoyll m
Marathi: लिव्हरपूल (livharpūl), लिव्हर्पूल (livharpūl)
Mazanderani: لیورپول‎
Mongolian: Ливерпүүл (Liverpüül)
Nepali: लिभरपुल (libharapul)
Ossetian: Ливерпуль (Liverpulʹ)
Persian: لیورپول‎ (fa) (liverpul)
Portuguese: Liverpool f
Punjabi: ਲਿਵਰਪੂਲ (livrapūl)
Russian: Ливерпу́ль (ru) m (Liverpúlʹ)
Scots: Liverpuil
Scottish Gaelic: Poll a' Ghrùthain m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ливерпул m
Roman: Liverpul m
Sinhalese: ලිවර්පූල් (liwarpūl)
Spanish: Liverpool (es) m
Swedish: Liverpool (sv)
Tajik: Ливерпул (Liverpul)
Tamil: லிவர்பூல் (livarpūl)
Tatar: Liverpul
Telugu: లివర్‌పూల్ (livar‌pūl)
Thai: ลิเวอร์พูล
Ukrainian: Ліверпу́ль m (Liverpúlʹ)
Urdu: لورپول‎ (livarpūl)
Uzbek: Liverpul
Veps: Liverpul'
Welsh: Lerpwl f
Western Panjabi: لیور پول‎ (pnb)
Yiddish: ליווערפּול‎ (liverpul)

NY, Canada or Australia

Bulgarian: Ли́върпул m (Lívǎrpul)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 利物浦 (zh) (Lìwùpǔ)
Czech: Liverpool (cs) m
French: Liverpool (fr)
German: Liverpool (de)
Greek: Λίβερπουλ (el) n (Líverpoul)
Japanese: リバプール (Ribapūru)
Latvian: Liverpūle f
Macedonian: Ливерпул m (Liverpul)
Portuguese: Liverpool f
Russian: Ли́верпул m (Líverpul)
Spanish: Liverpool (es) m

Catalan

Proper noun

Liverpool m

Liverpool (a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England)

Czech

Proper noun

Liverpool m

Liverpool (a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England)

Derived terms

liverpoolský

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Liverpool.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.veʁˈpuw/ [li.vehˈpuʊ̯], /ˈli.veʁ.puw/ [ˈli.veh.puʊ̯]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /li.veɾˈpuw/ [li.veɾˈpuʊ̯], /ˈli.veɾ.puw/ [ˈli.veɾ.puʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /li.veʁˈpuw/ [li.veχˈpuʊ̯], /ˈli.veʁ.puw/ [ˈli.veχ.puʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.veɻˈpuw/ [li.veɻˈpuʊ̯], /ˈli.veɻ.puw/ [ˈli.veɻ.puʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.vɛɾˈpul/ [li.vɛɾˈpuɫ], /ˈli.vɐɾ.pul/ [ˈli.vɐɾ.puɫ]

Proper noun

Liverpool

Liverpool (a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England)

Spanish

Proper noun

Liverpool m

Liverpool (a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England)

Derived terms

liverpuliano