Austerlitz

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Austerlitz, perhaps from an earlier Neusedlitz, borrowed from an old Czech name Novosedlice.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːstəlɪts/, /ˈaʊstəlɪts/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɔstɚlɪts/, /ˈaʊstɚlɪts/

Proper noun

Austerlitz

Former name of Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic. The site of Napoleon's victory over the combined Russian and Austrian armies in 1805.
- 1886, Thomas Hardy, chapter XX, in The Mayor of Casterbridge:
  That dinner at the King’s Arms with his friends had been Henchard’s Austerlitz: he had had his successes since, but his course had not been upward.

Translations

former name of Slavkov u Brna

Arabic: أَوْسْتِرْلِيتْز‎ m (ʾawstirlītz)
Armenian: Աուստերլից (Austerlicʿ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 奧斯特里茨／奥斯特里茨 (Àosītèlǐcí)
Czech: Slavkov u Brna m
Danish: Austerlitz n
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} Aŭsterlico
Finnish: Austerlitz
French: Austerlitz (fr) m
Georgian: აუსტერლიცი (ausṭerlici)
German: Austerlitz (de) n
Greek: Άουστερλιτς n (Áousterlits)
Hebrew: אוֹסְטֶרְלִיץ‎ m (Ósterlitz)
Japanese: アウステルリッツ (Ausuterurittsu)
Korean: 아우스터리츠 (Auseuteoricheu)
Latvian: Austerlica f
Lithuanian: Austerlicas m
Persian: استرلیتز‎ (osterlitz)
Polish: Austerlitz (pl) m
Russian: А́устерлиц m (Áusterlic)
Ukrainian: А́устерліц f (Áusterlic)

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Austerlitz in 1806. Borrowed from German Austerlitz, the German name of Slavkov u Brna. Louis Napoleon gave the village this name after Napoleon won a victory there against Austria and Russia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯.stərˌlits/
Hyphenation: Aus‧ter‧litz

Proper noun

Austerlitz n

A village in Zeist, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Derived terms

Austerlitzer

References

van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Austerlitz”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

Perhaps from an earlier Neusedlitz, borrowed from an old Czech name Novosedlice.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ̯stɐlɪt͡s/
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Proper noun

Austerlitz n (proper noun, strong, genitive Austerlitz')

Former name of Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic. The site of Napoleon's victory over the combined Russian and Austrian armies in 1805.