Lucerne

lucerne English Canton of + thumb|canton of Lucerne (sense 1) thumb|The city of Lucerne on Lake Lucerne Etymology From en fr Lucerne, known in Swiss German as gsw Lozärn, from en la-med Lucernense, la Luciaria, la Lucerna, of uncertain origin, but possibly from en la lucius lūcǐus pike with the suffix la -aria -ārǐa, as in "place with a large number of pike." Popular etymology associated it with la lucerna lantern, though both words are related to la lux light.Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen. Hrsg. vom Centre de Dialectologie an der Universität Neuenburg unter der Leitung von Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld/Lausanne 2005, S. 558. Also compare Leodegar, Burgundian bishop of Autun. Pronunciation en /luːˈsɜːn/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lucerne.wav Southern England Proper noun en canton c/Switzerland. en canton of Lucerne en capital city can/Lucerne c/Switzerland. en number of places c/USA others are spelt en Luzerne: en census-designated place co/Lake County s/California. en ucomm co/Weld County s/Colorado, named for the plant en lucerne. en ucomm twp:Suf/Harrison co/Cass County s/Indiana. en ghost town twp:Suf/Adell co/Sheridan County s/Kansas. en former settlement twp:Suf/Pittsfield co/Washtenaw County s/Michigan. en village co/Putnam County s/Missouri. en ghost town twp:Suf/Center co/Columbiana County s/Ohio. en ucomm co/Knox County s/Ohio. en ucomm co/Chelan County s/Washington. en ucomm co/Gilmer County s/West Virginia. en CDP co/Hot Springs County s/Wyoming. Usage notes As noted in the etymology, the Lucerne spelling is from French. However, within the Swiss city and canton the German spelling of de Luzern is preferred. Derived terms en Lake Lucerne en Lucerne hammer Translations canton Catalan: ca Lucerna f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 盧塞恩州 Lúsài'ēn Zhou French: fr Lucerne Georgian: ka ლუცერნი, ka ლუცერნის კანტონი German: de Luzern Italian: it Lucerna Polish: pl Lucerna f Portuguese: pt Lucerna f Romansh: rm Lucerna f Russian: ru Лю́церн m Spanish: es Lucerna Ukrainian: uk Лю́церн m city Albanian: sq Luzern m Arabic: ar لوسرن f lūsirn, ar لوسيرن f lūsērn, ar لوزيرن f lūzērn, ar لوتسيرن lūtsērn Armenian: hy Լյուցեռն Basque: eu Luzerna Belarusian: be Люцэрн m Breton: br Luzern m Bulgarian: bg Люце́рн m Catalan: ca Lucerna f Chechen: ce Люцерн Люце́рн Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 盧塞恩 Lúsài'ēn mainland, cmn 琉森 Liúsēn Taiwan Chuvash: cv Люцерн Люце́рн Czech: cs Lucern Dutch: nl Luzern n Esperanto: eo Lucerno Finnish: fi Luzern French: fr Lucerne f Galician: gl Lucerna f Georgian: ka ლუცერნი German: de Luzern n Alemannic German: gsw Lozärn n Greek: el Λουκέρνη n Icelandic: is Luzern Italian: it Lucerna f Japanese: ja ルツェルン Rutserun Kazakh: kk Люцерн Korean: ko 루체른 Latin: la Lucerna f, la Lucernae f Latvian: lv Lucerna f Limburgish: li Luzern n Lithuanian: lt Liucerna f Lombard: lmo Lüzerna f Low German: German Low German: nds-de Luzern n Luxembourgish: lb Luzern n Marathi: mr लुत्सर्न Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Luzern Nynorsk: nn Luzern Occitan: oc Lucèrna f Ossetian: os Люцерн Piedmontese: pms Luserna f Polish: pl Lucerna f Portuguese: pt Lucerna f Romansh: rm Lucerna f Russian: ru Люце́рн m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Луцерн m Latin: sh Lucern m Sicilian: scn Lucerna f Silesian: szl Luzern n Slovak: sk Luzern Slovene: sl Luzern Spanish: es Lucerna f Swedish: sv Luzern Tamil: ta லூசெர்ன் Tatar: tt Люцерн Thai: th ลูเซิร์น loo sern Tibetan: bo ལུ་ཛེར་ན། Ukrainian: uk Люце́рн m Uzbek: Cyrillic: uz Люцерн Latin: uz Luzern Venetan: vec Łuxerna f Yiddish: yi לוצערן See also en Luzerne References en eponyms French fr: Pronunciation Proper noun fr capital city canton/Lucerne c/Switzerland Lucerne fr canton c/Switzerland Lucerne Derived terms fr Lucernois fr lucernois See also