Austerlitz
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Austerlitz, perhaps from an earlier Neusedlitz, borrowed from an old Czech name Novosedlice.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Austerlitz
- Former name of Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic. The site of Napoleon's victory over the combined Russian and Austrian armies in 1805.
- 1886, Thomas Hardy, chapter XX, in The Mayor of Casterbridge:
- That dinner at the King’s Arms with his friends had been Henchard’s Austerlitz: he had had his successes since, but his course had not been upward.
Translations
former name of Slavkov u Brna
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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Austerlitz in 1806. Borrowed from German Austerlitz, the German name of Slavkov u Brna. Louis Napoleon gave the village this name after Napoleon won a victory there against Austria and Russia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Austerlitz n
- A village in Zeist, Utrecht, Netherlands
Derived terms
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “Austerlitz”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German
Etymology
Perhaps from an earlier Neusedlitz, borrowed from an old Czech name Novosedlice.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Austerlitz n (proper noun, strong, genitive Austerlitz')
- Former name of Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic. The site of Napoleon's victory over the combined Russian and Austrian armies in 1805.