Olmütz

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See also: Olmutz

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Olmütz, which see.

Proper noun

Olmütz

  1. Obsolete form of Olomouc. (City in Moravia, now in the Czech Republic.)
    • 1911, “Olmütz”, in The Encyclopædia Britannica‎, 11th edition, volume 20, page 91:
      Olmütz is said to occupy the site of a Roman fort founded in the imperial period, the original name of which, Mons Julii, has been gradually corrupted to the present form.

Translations

German

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Etymology

From Middle High German Olemutz, from Old Czech Olomuc. Compare modern Czech Olomouc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔlmʏts/
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Proper noun

Olmütz n (proper noun, genitive Olmütz' or (with an article) Olmütz)

  1. Olomouc (a city in the Czech Republic)
    • 1856, “Slaviček, Thaddäus”, in Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich‎, 11th edition, volume 35, Wien: Universitäts-Buchdruckerei von L. C. Zamarski, page 132:
      Thaddäus Slaviček oder Slawiczek […] Die Studien machte er in Olmütz, und im Alter von 23 Jahren trat er 1742 in das Stift der regulirten Chorherren des h. Augustin zu Allerheiligen in Olmütz.
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Further reading

  • “Olmütz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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