Zabrze

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English

A street in Zabrze
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Pronunciation

  • enPR: zäbˈzhā
  • IPA(key): /ˈzɑːbʒeɪ/
  • Hyphenation: Zab‧rze

Proper noun

Zabrze

  1. A city in Silesia, southern Poland.

Translations

German

Etymology

From Polish Zabrze. Although the town was Prussian since 1742, the spelling of its name was never Germanized (as e.g. in Kattowitz or Schwientochlowitz). In 1915 it was renamed to Hindenburg, however, a name it held until 1945.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzap.ʃə/, /ˈzap.ʒə/
  • IPA(key): (illiterate or humorous) /ˈtsa.bɐ.tsə/

Proper noun

Zabrze n (proper noun, genitive Zabrzes or (optionally with an article) Zabrze)

  1. A city in the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
    Synonym: (obsolete) Hindenburg

Polish

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Zabrze

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈza.bʐɛ/
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  • Rhymes: -abʐɛ
  • Syllabification: Za‧brze

Proper noun

Zabrze n

  1. Zabrze (a city in the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)

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Further reading

  • Zabrze in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Zabrze in Polish dictionaries at PWN