Austerlitz

English Etymology Borrowed from en de Austerlitz, perhaps from an earlier de Neusedlitz, borrowed from an old en cs - name cs Novosedlice. Pronunciation en /ˈɔːstəlɪts/ /ˈaʊstəlɪts/ UK en /ˈɔstɚlɪts/ /ˈaʊstɚlɪts/ US Proper noun Slavkov u Brna,Battle of + en Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic. The site of Napoleon's victory over the combined Russian and Austrian armies in 1805. en 1886 w:Thomas Hardy w:The Mayor of Casterbridge XX That dinner at the King’s Arms with his friends had been Henchard’s Austerlitz: he had had his successes since, but his course had not been upward. en Napoleonic Wars Translations former name of Slavkov u Brna Arabic: ar أَوْسْتِرْلِيتْز m Armenian: hy Աուստերլից Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 奧斯特里茨 Àosītèlǐcí Czech: cs Slavkov u Brna m Danish: da Austerlitz n Esperanto: eo Aŭsterlico Finnish: fi Austerlitz French: fr Austerlitz m Georgian: ka აუსტერლიცი German: de Austerlitz n Greek: el Άουστερλιτς n Hebrew: he אוֹסְטֶרְלִיץ m Ósterlitz Italian: it Austerlitz Japanese: ja アウステルリッツ Ausuterurittsu Korean: ko ^아우스터리츠 Latvian: lv Austerlica f Lithuanian: lt Austerlicas m Persian: fa استرلیتز osterlitz Polish: pl Austerlitz m Russian: ru А́устерлиц m Slovak: sk Slavkov u Brna m Ukrainian: uk А́устерліц f en Cities in the Czech Republic Dutch Etymology First attested as Austerlitz in 1806. Borrowed from nl de Austerlitz, the German name of Slavkov u Brna. Louis Napoleon gave the village this name after Napoleon won a victory there against Austria and Russia. Pronunciation nl /ˈɑu̯.stərˌlits/ nl Aus ter litz Proper noun n nl village mun/Zeist p/Utrecht c/Netherlands Derived terms nl Austerlitzer References Austerlitz German Etymology Perhaps from an earlier de Neusedlitz, borrowed from an old de cs - name cs Novosedlice. Pronunciation de /ˈaʊ̯stɐlɪt͡s/ de De-Austerlitz.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun n,' de Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic. The site of Napoleon's victory over the combined Russian and Austrian armies in 1805. de Napoleonic Wars