župa

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Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *župa, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gewp- (cavity, pit). Compare Albanian gop (cunt), Polish żupa (mine), Proto-Germanic *kubô (shed, hut) and Ancient Greek γύπη (gúpē, cave).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: žu‧pa

Noun

župa f

  1. (historical) district, region, county
    Synonym: kraj

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Further reading

  • župa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • župa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • župa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *župa.

Noun

župa f

  1. district, division, chapter

Further reading

  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “župa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *župa, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gewp- (cavity, pit).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒǔːpa/
  • Hyphenation: žu‧pa

Noun

žúpa f (Cyrillic spelling жу́па)

  1. parish (Catholic)
  2. (historical) district, region, county

Declension

Further reading

  • župa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • župa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • župa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *župa. The second meaning is a semantic loan from German Gau.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʒupa/
  • Rhymes: -upa
  • Hyphenation: žu‧pa
  • Syllabification: žu‧pa

Noun

župa f

  1. district association
  2. (historical) an administrative unit of the Third Reich

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