English Explanatory Dictionary

Strasbourg

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The capital city of Bas-Rhin department, France; the capital city of the region of Grand Est; located in the historic region of Alsace, near the border with Germany and at various historical points a part of Germany.
  2. the European Court of Human Rights.
  3. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Pronunciation

/ˈstɹæzbɜːɡ/ /ˈstɹæsbɜːɡ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Strasbourg.wav /ˈstɹɑːsbɝːɡ/

Word forms

Strasbourg Strassburg

Etymology

From French Strasbourg, from Middle High German Strāzburc. Compare modern German Straßburg, equivalent to Straße (“street, road”) + Burg (“borough, fortified town, castle”).

Synonyms

Argentine

Derived words

Strasbourg pie

Translations

Afrikaans: Straatsburg Arabic: سْتْرَاسْبُورْغ Arabic: ستراسبورق Armenian: Ստրասբուրգ Catalan: Estrasburg Chinese Mandarin: 斯特拉斯堡 Corsican: Strasburgu Czech: Štrasburk Dutch: Straatsburg Dutch: Straatburcht Esperanto: Strasburgo Finnish: Strasbourg Franco-Provençal: Strasbôrg French: Strasbourg West-Frisian: Straasburch Galician: Estrasburgo Georgian: სტრასბურგი German: Straßburg German: Strosburi German: Strossburi German: Strossburig Greek: Στρασβούργο Icelandic: Strassborg Icelandic: Strætiborg Italian: Strasburgo Japanese: ストラスブール Japanese: シュトラースブルク Korean: 스트라스부르 Korean: 슈트라스부르크 Latin: Argentoratum Latin: Argentaria Latin: Strasburgum Lithuanian: Strasbūras Low German: Straßborg Luxembourgish: Stroossbuerg Macedonian: Стразбу́р Marathi: स्ट्रॅसबर्ग Occitan: Estrasborg Old Norse: Stransborg Old Norse: Stránsborg Pannonian Rusyn: Стразбур Persian: استراسبورگ Picard: Strasbourq Polish: Strasburg Polish: Sztrasburg Portuguese: Estrasburgo Russian: Стра́сбург Russian: Страсбу́р Sardinian: Strasburgu Scots: Strasbourg Serbo-Croatian: Стразбур Serbo-Croatian: Strazbur Sicilian: Strasburgu Slovak: Štrasburg
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