Košice

See also: Kosice and kosíce

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Slovak Košice

Proper noun

Košice

  1. The second largest city of Slovakia.

Translations

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkoʃɪt͡sɛ]

Proper noun

Košice f pl (related adjective košický, demonym Košičan)

  1. Košice (a city in Slovakia)
    • Druhé největší město Slovenska jsou Košice.
      The second largest city in Slovakia is Košice.

Declension

Further reading

  • Košice in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • Košice in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • Košice in Internetová jazyková příručka

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Slovak Košice.

Proper noun

Košice m

  1. Košice
    1. A city in Slovakia
    2. A region of Slovakia

Synonyms

  • Cassovie

Slovak

Etymology

The second element is from the common Slavic patronymic suffix -ice. The first element is of uncertain origin, possibly from the personal name Koš, Koša, or from Old Slovak kosa (clearing) (from Proto-Slavic *kositi (to reap)), or of Old Hungarian origin. More at Košice.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔʃit͡se]
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Proper noun

Košice f pl (genitive singular Košíc, declension pattern of ulica)

  1. Košice (a city in Slovakia)

Declension

Derived terms

  • Košičan m
  • Košičanka f
  • košický

Descendants

  • Chinese: 科希策 (Kēxīcè) (transliteration)
  • English: Kosice
  • French: Kosice

References

  • "Z histórie Košíc – 13. storočie" (in Slovak). City of Košice. 2005.
  • Štefánik, Martin; Lukačka, Ján, eds. (2010). Lexikón stredovekých miest na Slovensku [Lexicon of Medieval Towns in Slovakia] (PDF) (in Slovak and English). Bratislava: Historický ústav SAV. p. 194.
  • Varsik, Branislav (1964). Osídlenie Košickej kotliny I. (in Slovak). Bratislava: Veda, Vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied. p. 193.
  • Room, Adrian (December 31, 2003). Placenames of the world: origins and...
  • "Old Hungarian names" (PDF). 2009.

Further reading

  • Košice”, 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
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