Košice

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See also: Kosice and kosíce

English

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Etymology

From Slovak Košice.

Proper noun

Košice

  1. The second largest city of Slovakia.

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Czech

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Košice f pl (related adjective košický, demonym Košičan)

  1. Košice (a city in Slovakia)
    • Druhé největší město Slovenska jsou Košice.
      The second largest city in Slovakia is Košice.

Declension

Declension of Košice (pl-only soft feminine)
plural
nominative Košice
genitive Košic
dative Košicím, Košicům
accusative Košice
vocative Košice
locative Košicích
instrumental Košicemi

Further reading

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

French

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Slovak Košice.

Proper noun

Košice m

  1. Košice
    1. A city in Slovakia
    2. A region of Slovakia

Synonyms

Slovak

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Etymology

The second element is from the common Slavic patronymic suffix -ice. The first element is of uncertain origin, possibly from the personal name Koš, Koša, or from Old Slovak kosa (“clearing”) (from Proto-Slavic *kositi (“to reap”)), or of Old Hungarian origin. More at Košice.

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Proper noun

Košice f pl (genitive singular Košíc, declension pattern of ulica)

  1. Košice (a city in Slovakia)

Declension

Declension of Košice
plurale tantum
nominative Košice
genitive Košíc
dative Košiciam
accusative Košice
locative Košiciach
instrumental Košicami

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Chinese: → 科希策 (Kēxīcè) (transliteration)
  • English: Kosice
  • French: Kosice

References

  • "Z histórie Košíc – 13. storočie" (in Slovak). City of Košice. 2005.
  • Štefánik, Martin; Lukačka, Ján, eds. (2010). Lexikón stredovekých miest na Slovensku (PDF) (in Slovak and English). Bratislava: Historický ústav SAV. p. 194.
  • Varsik, Branislav (1964). Osídlenie Košickej kotliny I. (in Slovak). Bratislava: Veda, Vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied. p. 193.
  • Room, Adrian (December 31, 2003). Placenames of the world: origins and...
  • "Old Hungarian names" (PDF). 2009.

Further reading

  • “Košice”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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