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Strasbourg
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English
Etymology
From en fr Strasbourg, from en gmh Strāzburc. Compare modern de Straßburg, equivalent to de Straße street, road + de Burg borough, fortified town, castle.
Pronunciation
en /ˈstɹæzbɜːɡ/ /ˈstɹæsbɜːɡ/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Strasbourg.wav Southern England
en /ˈstɹɑːsbɝːɡ/ GA
Proper noun
en capital city dept/Bas-Rhin c/France ; capital city r:pref/Grand Est; located in the historic region of Alsace, near the border with Germany and at various historical points a part of Germany.
en 2 October 2026 Dan Sales Riot police clash with students as education protests rage in France https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck3r5dxxwqzpo BBC News Meanwhile, in Strasbourg tear gas was deployed as police feared conditions would become more hostile, according to the Reuters news agency. 2 October 2026
en Strassburg Strasburg<q:obsolete> Strasburgh<q:obsolete>
en Argentine obsolete
en metonym law the European Court of Human Rights.
en town p/Saskatchewan c/Canada.
Derived terms
en Strasbourg pie
Translations
city in Alsace
Afrikaans: af Straatsburg
Arabic: ar سْتْرَاسْبُورْغ m
Hijazi Arabic: acw ستراسبورق m strāsbūrg
Armenian: hy Ստրասբուրգ
Catalan: ca Estrasburg m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 斯特拉斯堡 Sītèlāsībǎo
Corsican: co Strasburgu m
Czech: cs Štrasburk m
Dutch: nl Straatsburg n, nl Straatburcht f
Esperanto: eo Strasburgo
Finnish: fi Strasbourg
Franco-Provençal: frp Strasbôrg
French: fr Strasbourg m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Straasburch n
Galician: gl Estrasburgo
Georgian: ka სტრასბურგი
German: de Straßburg n
Alemannic German: gsw Strosburi n
Alsatian Alemannic German: gsw-FR-als Strossburi n Lower Rhine
Alsatian Alemannic German: gsw-FR-als Strossburig n Upper Rhine
Greek: el Στρασβούργο n
Hindi: hi स्त्रासबुर
Icelandic: is Strassborg f, is Strætiborg f
Italian: it Strasburgo m
Japanese: ja ストラスブール Sutorasubūru French form, ja シュトラースブルク Shutorāsuburuku German form
Korean: ko ^스트라스부르 French form, ko ^슈트라스부르크 German form
Latin: la Argentoratum n, la Argentaria n, la Strasburgum n
Lithuanian: lt Strasbūras m
Low German:
German Low German: nds-de Straßborg n
Luxembourgish: lb Stroossbuerg n
Macedonian: mk Стразбу́р m
Marathi: mr स्ट्रॅसबर्ग
Occitan: oc Estrasborg m
Old Norse: non Stransborg f, non Stránsborg f
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Стразбур m
Persian: fa استراسبورگ
Picard: pcd Strasbourq
Polish: pl Strasburg m, pl Sztrasburg m
Portuguese: pt Estrasburgo f
Russian: ru Стра́сбург m, ru Страсбу́р m
Sardinian: sc Strasburgu m
Scots: sco Strasbourg
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Стразбур m
Latin: sh Strazbur m
Sicilian: scn Strasburgu m
Slovak: sk Štrasburg m
Spanish: es Estrasburgo m
Ukrainian: uk Страсбург
Yiddish: yi שטראַסבורג n, yi סטראַסבורג n
French
Etymology
From fr gmh Strāzburc.
Pronunciation
+ [s:z]
fr Fr-Paris--Strasbourg.ogg Paris
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-Strasbourg.wav <<France>> (<<Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Strasbourg.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Strasbourg.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Strasbourg.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
Proper noun
m
fr capital city dept/Bas-Rhin c/France ; capital city r:pref/Grand Est Strasbourg
Derived terms
fr Strasbourgeois