Aarhus

Århus English right|thumb|Aarhus Alternative forms en Århus Etymology From en da Aarhus. Pronunciation en /ˈɑːhuːs/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Aarhus.wav Southern England en /ˈɑɹˌ(h)us/ /ˈɔrˌ(h)us/ GenAm Proper noun en city/and/port c/Denmark, in East en Jutland; the second-largest city in Denmark. Translations Danish city Azerbaijani: az Orhus Belarusian: be О́рхус m Bulgarian: bg О́рхус m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 奧胡斯 Àohúsī Danish: da Århus, da Aarhus Esperanto: eo Arhuzo Finnish: fi Århus Georgian: ka ორჰუსი, ka აარჰუსი German: de Aarhus Greek: el Ώρχους n Icelandic: is Árósar Japanese: ja オーフス Ōfusu Korean: ko 오르후스 Latvian: lv Orhūsa f Lithuanian: lt Orhusas m Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl Oarhoes Old Norse: non Áróss Polish: pl Aarhus m Russian: ru О́рхус m Slovak: sk Aarhus m Turkish: tr Aarhus Uzbek: uz Orxus Further reading Aarhus Anagrams en aahrsu Aarush Arusha Ashura ahuras Danish da: right|thumb|Aarhus Alternative forms da Århus Etymology From da gmq-oda Arus, from da non Áróss, a compound of non á óss river mouth 1. The first part of the word is an old genitive of the still common noun da å small river, while the latter part is a now obsolete word for "river mouth". which has been been assimilated to the word da hus house. The city is situated at the mouth of the Aarhus River. Pronunciation da /ɔːrhuːs/ [ˈɒːˌhuˀs] [ˈɒːhus] da Da-Århus.oga da Da-Aarhus.ogg Proper noun da proper noun da city c/Denmark Aarhus Usage notes Following the spelling reform of 1948, the name was changed from Aarhus to Århus, which remained the spelling preferred by local authorities until 2010, when the city council decided to change the name back to Aarhus, effective from the 1st of January 2011. According to the official rules of Danish orthography, it is still valid to write Århus, although Aarhus is far more prevalent in road signs, media, etc. Derived terms da aarhusianer aarhusiansk århusianer århusiansk Polish pl: right|thumb|Aarhus Etymology pl :bor da:Aarhus + 1 Pronunciation Orhus Pl-Aarhus.ogg Aar.hus Proper noun m-in yes pl second largest city c/Denmark Aarhus Further reading