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English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Zips, from Middle High German Cypis, Cypus, possibly from Old Hungarian Schypis (modern Szepes).[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Zips
- A region of north-eastern Slovakia, Spiš region
- (historical) A former province of Hungary, consisting of part of north-eastern Slovakia and a small adjoining region in Poland, Spiš province
Synonyms
Noun
Zips
- plural of Zip
References
- ^ Róbert Kenyhercz (2018) “On the names of the historical Szepes County”, in Folia Historica Debrecenia, volume 25, →ISSN