Görlitz

== English == === Etymology === From German Görlitz. === Proper noun === Görlitz A town and rural district of Saxony, Germany. ==== Translations ==== == German == === Etymology === First mentioned in Latin as (in villa) Goreliz in a deed from King Heinrich IV of 1071. Said to be of Slavic/Old Sorbian origin, from Proto-Slavic *gorěti (“to burn”), referring to an establishment on a burned site. Its mentioning is connected to the transfer of some of the king's properties located in the eastern part of Upper Lusatia to the cathedral chapter of Meißen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡœʁlɪts/ Hyphenation: Gör‧litz === Proper noun === Görlitz n (proper noun, genitive Görlitz' or (with an article) Görlitz) Görlitz (a town and rural district of Saxony, Germany) (historical) Zgorzelec (a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland) === References === == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from German Görlitz. Doublet of Zgorzelec. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɛr.lit͡s/ Rhymes: -ɛrlit͡s Syllabification: Gör‧litz === Proper noun === Görlitz m inan (indeclinable) Görlitz (a town in Saxony, Germany) Synonym: Zgorzelec === Further reading === Görlitz in Polish dictionaries at PWN Görlitz in PWN's encyclopedia