Görlitz

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From German Görlitz.

Proper noun[edit]

Görlitz

  1. A town and rural district of Saxony, Germany

Translations[edit]

German[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

First mentioned in Latin as (in villa) Goreliz in a deed from King Heinrich IV of 1071. Said to be of Slavic/Old Sorbian origin, from Proto-Slavic *gorěti (“to burn”), referring to an establishment on a burned site.[1] Its mentioning is connected to the transfer of some of the king's properties located in the eastern part of Upper Lusatia to the cathedral chapter of Meißen.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡœʁlɪts/
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  • Hyphenation: Gör‧litz

Proper noun[edit]

Görlitz n (proper noun, genitive Görlitz' or (with an article) Görlitz)

  1. Görlitz (a town and rural district of Saxony, Germany)
  2. (historical) Zgorzelec (a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ernst Eichler, Hans Walther: Historisches Ortsnamenbuch von Sachsen. T. II. M – Z. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2001, s. 334
  2. ^ Urkunde Nr. 246 vom 11. Dezember 1071 in: Dietrich von Gladiß u. Alfred Gawlik (Hrsg.): Diplomata regum et imperatorum Germaniae: Tomus IV: Henrici IV. diplomata / Die Urkunden der deutschen Könige und Kaiser: Sechster Band: Die Urkunden Heinrichs IV. Teil 1, hrsg. von Dietrich von Gladiß: 1056–1076 Berlin 1941, S. 311–313 (Monumenta Germaniae historica, Digitalisat)

Polish[edit]

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Görlitz

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from German Görlitz. Doublet of Zgorzelec.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Görlitz m inan (indeclinable)

  1. Görlitz (a town in Saxony, Germany)
    Synonym: Zgorzelec

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