English Explanatory Dictionary

Austerlitz

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Former name of Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic. The site of Napoleon's victory over the combined Russian and Austrian armies in 1805.

Pronunciation

/ˈɔːstəlɪts/ /ˈaʊstəlɪts/ /ˈɔstɚlɪts/ /ˈaʊstɚlɪts/

Word forms

Austerlitz

Etymology

Borrowed from German Austerlitz, perhaps from an earlier Neusedlitz, borrowed from an old Czech name Novosedlice.

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