Ljubljana

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Slovene Ljubljana.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌl(j)ʊbliˈɑːnə/
Audio (UK) (file)

Proper noun

Ljubljana

The capital city of Slovenia.

Derived terms

Ljubljanan

Translations

capital city of Slovenia

Albanian: Ljubljana f, Lubjana f
Amharic: ልዩብልያና (ləyubləyana)
Arabic: لْيُوبْلْيَانَا‎ f (lyublyānā)
Armenian: Լյուբլյանա (hy) (Lyublyana)
Azerbaijani: Lyublyana
Bavarian: Laiboch
Belarusian: Любля́на f (Ljubljána)
Bengali: লিউব্লিয়ানা (liubliyana)
Bulgarian: Любля́на f (Ljubljána)
Burmese: လူဘယာနာ (lubha.yana)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 盧布爾雅那, 卢布尔雅那 (lou⁴ bou³ ji⁵ ngaa⁵ naa⁵)
Mandarin: 盧布爾雅那／卢布尔雅那 (zh) (Lúbù'ěryǎnà)
Czech: Lublaň (cs) f
Danish: Ljubljana n
Dutch: Ljubljana n
Esperanto: Ljubljano
Estonian: Ljubljana (et)
Finnish: Ljubljana (fi)
French: Ljubljana (fr) f
Georgian: ლიუბლიანა (liubliana)
German: Laibach (de) n, Ljubljana (de) n
Greek: Λιουμπλιάνα (el) (Lioumpliána)
Hebrew: לְיוּבְּלְיָאנָה‎ f (lyublyána)
Hindi: लुब्लियाना m (lubliyānā), ल्युब्ल्याना m (lyublyānā), ल्युब्लियाना m (lyubliyānā)
Hungarian: Ljubljana (hu)
Icelandic: Ljubljana
Indonesian: Ljubljana
Irish: Liúibleána f
Italian: Lubiana (it) f
Japanese: リュブリャナ (Ryuburyana)
Kazakh: Любляна (Lübläna)
Khmer: ជូបហ្សាណា (km) (cuupzaanaa), ល្យូបល្យាណា (lyuuplyiənaa)
Korean: 류블랴나 (ko) (Ryubeullyana)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Ljubljana
Kyrgyz: Любляна (ky) (Lyublyana)
Latin: Labacum, Aemona
Latvian: Ļubļana f
Lithuanian: Liubliana f
Macedonian: Љубља́на (mk) f (Ljubljána)
Malay: Ljubljana
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Любляна (Ljubljana)
Navajo: Łoobiłáanaa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Ljubljana (no)
Pashto: ليوبليانا‎ f (lyublyānā)
Persian: لیوبلیانا‎ (liyubliyânâ)
Polish: Lublana (pl) f
Portuguese: Liubliana (pt) f
Romanian: Ljubljana (ro)
Russian: Любля́на (ru) f (Ljubljána)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Љубља̀на f
Roman: Ljubljàna (sh) f
Slovak: Ľubľana f
Slovene: Ljubljána (sl) f
Spanish: Liubliana (es) f
Swedish: Ljubljana (sv) n
Tajik: Любляна (Lyublyana)
Tamil: லியுப்லியானா (liyupliyāṉā)
Tatar: Любляна (Lyublyana)
Thai: ลูบลิยานา (luu-blì-yaa-nâa)
Tibetan: ལི་པོ་ཡ་ན (li po ya na)
Turkish: Ljubljana
Turkmen: Lýublyana
Ukrainian: Любля́на f (Ljubljána)
Urdu: لیوبلیانا‎ m (lyubliyānā)
Uyghur: ليۇبليانا‎ (lyublyana)
Uzbek: Lyublyana
Vietnamese: Liu-bli-an-na
Yiddish: ליובליאַנאַ‎ n (lyublyana)

Estonian

Proper noun

Ljubljana

Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lju.bli.ja.na/

Proper noun

Ljubljana ?

Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈli̯uːbəlˌjaːna/, [liˌuːbl̩-], [ˈljuːbl̩-], /ˈjuːbəlˌjaːna/
Audio (file)

Proper noun

Ljubljana n (proper noun, genitive Ljubljanas or (optionally with an article) Ljubljana)

(chiefly Germany, Switzerland) Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)
Synonym: (Austria; otherwise now less common) Laibach

Icelandic

Proper noun

Ljubljana ?

Ljubljana (the capital of Slovenia)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Ljubljana f

Alternative spelling of Liubliana

Romanian

Proper noun

Ljubljana f

Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʎubʎǎna/
Hyphenation: Ljub‧lja‧na

Proper noun

Ljubljàna f (Cyrillic spelling Љубља̀на)

Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

Declension

Declension of Ljubljana

	singular
nominative	Ljubljana
genitive	Ljubljane
dative	Ljubljani
accusative	Ljubljanu
vocative	Ljubljano
locative	Ljubljani
instrumental	Ljubljano

Slovene

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Tijmen Pronk suggests a derivation from Proto-Slavic *ľubъ (“pleasant, sweet, love”). Silvo Torkar suggests a connection to the old Slavic name Ljubovid (“one of a lovely appearance”), itself from the former. More at Ljubljana.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ljubljàːna/
Audio (Slovene) (file)

Proper noun

Ljubljána f

Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	Ljubljána
genitive	Ljubljáne
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Ljubljána
genitive (rodȋlnik)	—
dative (dajȃlnik)	—
accusative (tožȋlnik)	—
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Ljubljáni
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Ljubljáno

Related terms

Ljubljánčan / Ljubljánčanka
ljubljánski