Ljubljana

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Slovene Ljubljana.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ljubljana

  2. The capital city of Slovenia.

Derived terms

Translations

Afrikaans

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Proper noun

Ljubljana

  1. Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

Estonian

Proper noun

Ljubljana

  1. Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

French

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ljubljana ?

  1. Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌli̯uːbəlˈjaːna/, , , /ˌjuːbəlˈjaːna/
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Proper noun

Ljubljana n (proper noun, genitive Ljubljanas or (optionally with an article) Ljubljana)

  1. (chiefly Germany, Switzerland) Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)
    Synonym: (Austria; otherwise now less common) Laibach

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Proper noun

Ljubljana n (proper noun, genitive singular Ljubljana)

  1. Ljubljana (the capital of Slovenia)

Declension

Declension of Ljubljana (sg-only neuter)
indefinite singular
nominative Ljubljana
accusative Ljubljana
dative Ljubljana
genitive Ljubljana

Portuguese

Proper noun

Ljubljana f

  1. Alternative spelling of Liubliana

Romanian

Proper noun

Ljubljana f

  1. Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʎubʎǎna/
  • Hyphenation: Ljub‧lja‧na

Proper noun

Ljubljàna f (Cyrillic spelling Љубља̀на)

  1. Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

Declension

Declension of Ljubljana
singular
nominative Ljubljana
genitive Ljubljane
dative Ljubljani
accusative Ljubljanu
vocative Ljubljano
locative Ljubljani
instrumental Ljubljano

Slovene

Etymology

Of unclear origin.

  • According to etymologist Tijmen Pronk, the name Ljubljana (along with the German Laibach and the Italian Lubiana) is derived from the Proto-Slavic *ľubъ (“pleasant, sweet, love”) and the slavic ethnonymic suffix *-jan. Consequently, the original place name can be reconstructed as *Ljuba (“beloved place”), while the inhabitants were referred to as *Ljubljane. If you asked them where they lived, they would have responded with *v Ljubjah, which is a possible origin of the German name Laibach.
  • Silvo Torkar suggests a connection to the old Slavic name Ljubovid (“one of a lovely appearance”), itself from the former. More at Ljubljana.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ljubljána f

  1. Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

Inflection

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Feminine, a-stem
nominative Ljubljána
genitive Ljubljáne
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		Ljubljána
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		Ljubljáne
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		Ljubljáni
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		Ljubljáno
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		Ljubljáni
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		Ljubljáno

References

  • Snoj, Marko (2009) Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen [Etymological dictionary of Slovenian geographical names] (in Slovene), Ljubljana: Modrijan Založba ZRC, →ISBN, pages 238-241
  • Pronk, Tijmen (2007): The Etymology of Ljubljana - Laibach, in: Folia onomastica Croatica 16, 185–191.

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