Luxembourg

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German Luccelemburc, from Old High German Lucilinburhuc, ultimately from luzil (little) + burg (castle), from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz and *burgz.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlʌk.səm.bɜːɡ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlʌk.səm.bɝɡ/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Proper noun

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Luxembourg

  1. A small country in Western Europe. Official name: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Capital and largest city: Luxembourg.
  2. A province of Wallonia, Belgium.
  3. The capital city of Luxembourg.
    Synonym: Luxembourg City
  4. One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city.

Derived terms

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Translations

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See also

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Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

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Proper noun

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Luxembourg

  1. Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)
  2. Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)
  3. Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)
  4. Luxembourg (One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)
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Estonian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈluksemb̥urɡ̊/, [ˈluksemb̥urɡ̊]
  • IPA(key): /lyɡ̊z̥ɑnˈb̥uːr/, [lyɡ̊z̥ɑnˈb̥uːr] (educated)
  • Rhymes: -uːr
  • Hyphenation: Lu‧xem‧bourg

Proper noun

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Luxembourg (genitive Luxembourgi, partitive Luxembourgi)

  1. Luxembourg (the capital city of Luxembourg)

Declension

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Declension of Luxembourg (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative Luxembourg
accusative nom.
gen. Luxembourgi
genitive
partitive Luxembourgi
illative Luxembourgi
Luxembourgisse
inessive Luxembourgis
elative Luxembourgist
allative Luxembourgile
adessive Luxembourgil
ablative Luxembourgilt
translative Luxembourgiks
terminative Luxembourgini
essive Luxembourgina
abessive Luxembourgita
comitative Luxembourgiga

References

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  • Luxembourg in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • Luxembourg”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

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Luxembourg m

  1. Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)
  2. Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)
    Meronyms: Arlon, Attert, Aubange, Bastogne, Bertogne, Bertrix, Bouillon, Chiny, Daverdisse, Durbuy, Érezée, Étalle, Fauvillers, Florenville, Gouvy, Habay, Herbeumont, Hotton, Houffalize, La Roche-en-Ardenne, Léglise, Libin, Libramont-Chevigny, Manhay, Marche-en-Famenne, Martelange, Meix-devant-Virton, Messancy, Musson, Nassogne, Neufchâteau, Paliseul, Rendeux, Rouvroy, Sainte-Ode, Saint-Hubert, Saint-Léger, Tellin, Tenneville, Tintigny, Vaux-sur-Sûre, Vielsalm, Virton, Wellin
  3. Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)
  4. Luxembourg (One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)
  5. Ellipsis of jardin du Luxembourg. (garden in Paris)

Descendants

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  • Japanese: リュクサンブール (Ryukusanbūru)

See also

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Hungarian

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 Luxembourg on Hungarian Wikipedia

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Luxembourg

  1. Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)
  2. Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)
  3. Luxembourg (One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)

Usage notes

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This spelling (with -bourg) is used for the city, canton, or province, while Luxemburg with -u- for the country.[1][2]

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Luxembourg
accusative Luxembourgot
dative Luxembourgnak
instrumental Luxembourggal
causal-final Luxembourgért
translative Luxembourggá
terminative Luxembourgig
essive-formal Luxembourgként
essive-modal
inessive Luxembourgban
superessive Luxembourgon
adessive Luxembourgnál
illative Luxembourgba
sublative Luxembourgra
allative Luxembourghoz
elative Luxembourgból
delative Luxembourgról
ablative Luxembourgtól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Luxembourgé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Luxembourgéi
Possessive forms of Luxembourg
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Luxembourgom
2nd person sing. Luxembourgod
3rd person sing. Luxembourgja
1st person plural Luxembourgunk
2nd person plural Luxembourgotok
3rd person plural Luxembourgjuk

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Tóth, Etelka, editor (2017), Magyar helyesírási szótár: A magyar helyesírás szabályai tizenkettedik kiadása szerint [Dictionary of Hungarian orthography: according to the 12th edition of the Rules of Hungarian orthography], Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN. Online version
  2. ^ Laczkó, Krisztina with Attila Mártonfi (2006) Helyesírás [Orthography], Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

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Luxembourg

  1. Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)
  2. Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)
  3. Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)
  4. Luxembourg (One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

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Proper noun

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Luxembourg

  1. Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)
  2. Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)
  3. Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)
  4. Luxembourg (One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)
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