Salzburg

English

Etymology

From German Salzburg, from Salz (“salt”) + Burg (“castle, fort”), from its former importance protecting the salt trade on the Salzach, itself derived from Salz + Aach, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑltsbɜː(ɹ)ɡ/, /ˈsɔːltsbɜː(ɹ)ɡ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Salzburg

1. A city, the capital of the state of Salzburg, western Austria, famed for its baroque architecture and importance in musical history.
   • 1991 September, Stephen Fry, “[Prelude to chapter 1]”, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2:

     ‘Take Salzburg. By no means the chief city of Austria, but a Jerusalem to any music lover...’

2. The present federal state of Austria surrounding the city.
3. (historical) The former sovereign archbishopric surrounding the city.

Coordinate terms

• (states of Austria) state of Austria; Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Styria, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Vienna ^{(Category: en:States of Austria)}

Derived terms

• Salzburger, Salzburgian, salzburgite

Translations

city

• Arabic: سَالْزْبُورْغ m (sālzbūrḡ)
• Armenian: Զալցբուրգ (hy) (Zalcʻburg)
• Bavarian: Soizburg, Såizburg
• Bengali: সলজবুর্গ (śôlôzburg)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩爾茲堡／萨尔兹堡 (Sà'ěrzībǎo), 薩爾茨堡／萨尔茨堡 (zh) (Sà'ěrcíbǎo)

• Corsican: Salisburgu f
• Czech: Salcburk (cs) m, Solnohrad (cs) m
• Danish: Salzburg
• French: Salzbourg (fr) m
• Galician: Salzburgo
• Georgian: ზალცბურგი (zalcburgi)
• German: Salzburg (de) n
• Greek: Σάλτσμπουργκ (el) (Sáltsmpourgk)
• Italian: Salisburgo (it) f
• Japanese: ザルツブルク (Zarutsuburuku)
• Korean: 잘츠부르크 (Jalcheubureukeu)
• Latin: Salisburgum n
• Latvian: Zalcburga f
• Macedonian: Салцбург m (Salcburg)
• Portuguese: Salisburgo f, Salzburgo f, Salzburg f
• Russian: За́льцбург (ru) m (Zálʹcburg)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Салцбург m

  Roman: Salcburg m

• Spanish: Salzburgo (es)
• Turkish: Salzburg (tr)

modern Austrian state

• Arabic: سَالْزْبُورْغ m (sālzbūrḡ)
• Bavarian: Soizburg, Såizburg
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩爾茲堡／萨尔兹堡 (Sà'ěrzībǎo), 薩爾茨堡／萨尔茨堡 (zh) (Sà'ěrcíbǎo)

• Czech: Salcbursko (cs) n, Solnohradsko (cs) n
• Danish: Salzburg
• French: Salzbourg (fr) m
• Galician: Salzburgo
• German: Salzburg (de) n
• Greek: Σάλτσμπουργκ (el) (Sáltsmpourgk)
• Italian: Salisburgo (it) m
• Japanese: ザルツブルク (Zarutsuburuku)
• Korean: 잘츠부르크 (Jalcheubureukeu)
• Macedonian: Салцбург m (Salcburg)
• Persian: زالتسبورگ (zâlsburg)
• Portuguese: Salisburgo f, Salzburgo f, Salzburg f
• Russian: За́льцбург (ru) m (Zálʹcburg)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Салцбург m

  Roman: Salcburg m

• Spanish: Salzburgo (es)
• Turkish: Salzburg (tr)

Catalan

Proper noun

Salzburg m

1. Salzburg

German

Etymology

From Salz (“salt”) + Burg (“castle, fort”), from its former importance guarding the salt trade on the Salzach, itself derived from Salz + Aach.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Salzburg n (proper noun, genitive Salzburgs or (optionally with an article) Salzburg)

1. Salzburg (a city in Austria)
2. Salzburg (a state of Austria)

Derived terms

• Salzburger
• salzburgisch

See also

• (states of Austria) Österreichs Länder; Burgenland, Kärnten, Niederösterreich, Oberösterreich, Salzburg, Steiermark, Tirol, Vorarlberg, Wien ^{(Category: de:States of Austria)}

Portuguese

Proper noun

Salzburg f

1. Alternative form of Salzburgo