Zurich

Zurich

See also: Zürich and Zúrich

English

canton of Zurich

Alternative forms

• Zürich

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zürich. The name's origin is probably ultimately from a Celtic root for water; compare Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈzɜɹ.ɪk/, /zʊɹ.ɪk/, /-ɪx/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈzjʊə.ɹɪk/, /-ɪx/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: (UK) -ʊəɹɪk
• Hyphenation: Zu‧rich

Proper noun

Zurich

1. The capital city of Zurich canton, Switzerland, on Lake Zurich.
2. A canton of Switzerland.

   Synonym: canton of Zurich

Usage notes

The native English form of the word is Zurich, which represents the usual pronunciation with initial /z/. The form Zürich in English arises from the common conception that holds foreign diacritics optional but more correct in English spelling. Both spellings are valid.

The form Zürich may also be used to indicate the German pronunciation, with initial /ts/.

Translations

city

Albanian: Cyrihu Arabic: زْيُورِخ‎ m (zyūriḵ) Hijazi Arabic: زيورخ‎ f (ziyūriḵ, zyūriḵ) Armenian: Ցյուրիխ (Cʿyurix) Azerbaijani: Sürix (az) Bavarian: Zirich Belarusian: Цюрых m (Cjuryx) Bulgarian: Цюрих m (Cjurih) Catalan: Zuric (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 蘇黎世／苏黎世 (zh) (Sūlíshì) Corsican: Zurigu m Czech: Curych (cs) m Danish: Zürich n Dutch: Zurich n Esperanto: Zuriko Finnish: Zürich (fi) French: Zurich (fr) m, Zürich (fr) m Georgian: ციურიხი (ciurixi) German: Zürich (de) n Alemannic German: Züri n Greek: Ζυρίχη (el) (Zyríchi) Hebrew: ציריך‎ f (tsirikh) Hindi: ज़्यूरिख़ (zyūrix) Hungarian: Zürich (hu) Italian: Zurigo (it) f Japanese: チューリッヒ (Chūrihhi) Korean: 취리히 (Chwirihi) Kyrgyz: Цүрих (Tsürih) Latin: Turicum Latvian: Cīrihe Lithuanian: Ciurichas Macedonian: Цирих m (Cirih) Norwegian: Bokmål: Zürich n Nynorsk: Zürich n Persian: زوریخ‎ (zurix) Piedmontese: Zürig Polish: Zurych (pl) m Portuguese: Zurique (pt) f Rhine Franconian: Zirich Romanian: Zürich m Romansch: Turitg m (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran), Turich m (Puter, Vallader) Russian: Цю́рих (ru) m (Cjúrix) Sardinian: Zurigo m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Цирих m Roman: Cirih m Sicilian: Zuricu m Slovak: Zürich m Slovene: Zürich m Spanish: Zúrich (es) m Swedish: Zürich (sv) n Thai: ซูริก (soorík) Turkish: Zürih (tr) Ukrainian: Цюрих m (Cjuryx)

canton

Armenian: Ցյուրիխ (Cʿyurix) Bavarian: Zirich Catalan: Zuric (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 蘇黎世州／苏黎世州 (Sūlíshì zhōu) Dutch: (kanton) Zurich n Finnish: Zürich (fi) French: Zurich (fr) m, Zürich (fr) m German: Zürich (de) n Alemannic German: Züri n Italian: Zurigo (it) f Japanese: チューリッヒ州 (Chūrihhi-shū) Macedonian: Ци́рих m (Círih) Polish: Zurych (pl) m Portuguese: Zurique (pt) Rhine Franconian: Zirich Romansch: Turitg m (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran), Turich m (Puter, Vallader) Russian: Цю́рих (ru) m (Cjúrix) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Цирих m Roman: Cirih m Sicilian: Zuricu m Spanish: please add this translation if you can Turkish: Zürih (tr)

References

• Mills, A.D., A Dictionary of English Place Names, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
• Zurich, Zürich at Google Ngram Viewer

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Dutch

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Zürich.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Zu‧rich

Proper noun

Zurich n

1. Zurich (the capital city of Zurich canton, Switzerland)

Etymology 2

First attested as zuderinghe in 1352. Potentially derived from Old Frisian suder (“southern”) and igge (“corner”) or from suder suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ingi-. The Dutch form of the toponym was borrowed from an earlier variant of the Frisian name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzyː.rɪx/
• Hyphenation: Zu‧rich

Proper noun

Zurich n

1. A village in Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands.

References

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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zy.ʁik/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Zurich ?

1. Zurich (the capital city of Zurich canton, Switzerland)
2. Zurich (a canton of Switzerland)