Olmütz
See also: Olmutz
English
Alternative forms
- Olmutz
Etymology
Borrowed from German Olmütz, which is from Czech Olomouc.
Proper noun
Olmütz
- Obsolete form of Olomouc. (City in Moravia, now in the Czech Republic.)
- 1911, “Olmütz”, in The Encyclopædia Britannica, volume 20, 11 edition, page 91:
- Olmütz is said to occupy the site of a Roman fort founded in the imperial period, the original name of which, Mons Julii, has been gradually corrupted to the present form.
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Translations
city in Moravia — see Olomouc
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Czech Olomouc.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Olmütz n (proper noun, genitive Olmütz' or (with an article) Olmütz)
- Olomouc (a city in the Czech Republic)
- 1856, “Slaviček, Thaddäus”, in Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, volume 35, 11 edition, Wien: Universitäts-Buchdruckerei von L. C. Zamarski, page 132:
- Thaddäus Slaviček oder Slawiczek […] Die Studien machte er in Olmütz, und im Alter von 23 Jahren trat er 1742 in das Stift der regulirten Chorherren des h. Augustin zu Allerheiligen in Olmütz.
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Derived terms
- Olmützer
- olmützisch
Further reading
- “Olmütz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache