Plzeň
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See also: Plzen
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech Plzen, Plzeň, from Proto-Slavic *pьlz. First mentioned as a castle in 976.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Plzeň f (related adjective plzeňský, demonym Plzeňan or (informal) Plzeňák)
- Pilsen (a city in the Czech Republic)
Declension
Related terms
References
- Bělohlávek, M. (1991). Plzeň Guide-book. Czechia: Západočeské nakladatelství, p. 39
Further reading
- “Plzeň”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “Plzeň”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pilsner”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Plzeň f (genitive singular Plzne, declension pattern of dlaň)
- Pilsen (a city in the Czech Republic)
Declension
Declension of Plzeň
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Plzeň”, 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