English Explanatory Dictionary

Luxembourg

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A small country in Western Europe. Official name: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Capital and largest city: Luxembourg.
  2. A province of Wallonia, Belgium.
  3. The capital city of Luxembourg.
  4. One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city.

Pronunciation

/ˈlʌk.səm.bɜːɡ/ /ˈlʌk.səm.bɝɡ/ /ˈlʊk.sɛm.bɝɡ/ /ˈlʊk.sɛm.bɔ˞ɡ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Luxembourg.wav en-us-Luxembourg.ogg

Word forms

Luxembourg Luxemburg Luxemburg City Lëtzebuerg

Etymology

From Middle High German Luccelemburc, from Old High German Lucilinburhuc, ultimately from luzil (“little”) + burg (“castle”), from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz and *burgz. Piecewise doublet of Littleborough and Littlebury.

Synonyms

Luxembourg City

Related words

Countries of the world

Derived words

Luxembourger Luxembourgian Luxembourgish

Translations

Acehnese: Luksèmburg Afrikaans: Luxemburg Albanian: Luksemburg Albanian: Luksemburgu Amharic: ሉክሰምበርግ Arabic: لُوكْسِمْبُورْغ f or لُكْسِمْبُورْغ Arabic: لوكسمبورق Aragonese: Lusemburgo Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܘܼܟܣܹܡܒܘܼܪܓܵܐ Armenian: Լյուքսեմբուրգ Assamese: লাক্সেমবাৰ্গ Asturian: Luxemburgu Azerbaijani: Lüksemburq Bashkir: Люксембург Belarusian: Люксембу́рг Belarusian: Люксэмбу́рг Bengali: লুক্সেমবুর্গ Betawi: Leksembereh Breton: Luksembourg Bulgarian: Лю́ксембург Burmese: လူဇင်ဘတ် Carpathian Rusyn: Луксембу́рьско Catalan: Luxemburg Chinese Cantonese: 盧森堡 /卢森堡 Chinese Mandarin: 盧森堡 /卢森堡 Cornish: Lushaborg Corsican: Lussemburgu Crimean Tatar: Lüksemburg Czech: Lucembursko Danish: Luxembourg Danish: Luxemburg Danish: Luxemborg Dutch: Luxemburg Esperanto: Luksemburgio Esperanto: Luksemburgo Estonian: Luksemburg Farefare: Lʋksɛmbʋrgɔ Faroese: Luksemborg Finnish: Luxemburg French: Luxembourg West-Frisian: Lúksemboarch West-Frisian: Lúksemburch Friulian: Lussemburc Galician: Luxemburgo Georgian: ლუქსემბურგი German: Luxemburg Greek: Λουξεμβούργο
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