Ljubljana

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Slovene Ljubljana. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌl(j)ʊbliˈɑːnə/ === Proper noun === Ljubljana The capital city of Slovenia. ==== Derived terms ==== Ljubljanan ==== Translations ==== == Afrikaans == === Proper noun === Ljubljana Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia) ==== Related terms ==== Ljubljaan Ljubljaans == Dutch == === Etymology === Ultimately from Slovene Ljubljana. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌljyb.ˈljaː.naː/ Hyphenation: Ljub‧lja‧na === Proper noun === Ljubljana n Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia) == Estonian == === Proper noun === Ljubljana Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia) == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lju.bli.ja.na/ === Proper noun === Ljubljana ? Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia) == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌli̯uːbəlˈjaːna/, [liˌuːbl̩-], [ˈljuːbl̩-], /ˌjuːbəlˈjaːna/ === Proper noun === Ljubljana n (proper noun, genitive Ljubljanas or (optionally with an article) Ljubljana) (chiefly Germany, Switzerland) Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia) Synonym: (Austria; otherwise now less common) Laibach == Icelandic == === Proper noun === Ljubljana n (proper noun, genitive singular Ljubljana) Ljubljana (the capital of Slovenia) ==== Declension ==== == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Ljubljana f alternative spelling of Liubliana == Romanian == === Proper noun === Ljubljana f Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia) == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʎubʎǎna/ Hyphenation: Ljub‧lja‧na === Proper noun === Ljubljàna f (Cyrillic spelling Љубља̀на) Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia) ==== Declension ==== == Slovene == === Etymology === Of unclear origin. According to etymologist Tijmen Pronk, the name Ljubljana (along with the German Laibach and the Italian Lubiana) is derived from the Proto-Slavic *ľubъ (“pleasant, sweet, love”) and the slavic ethnonymic suffix *-jan. Consequently, the original place name can be reconstructed as *Ljuba (“beloved place”), while the inhabitants were referred to as *Ljubljane. If you asked them where they lived, they would have responded with *v Ljubjah, which is a possible origin of the German name Laibach. Silvo Torkar suggests a connection to the old Slavic name Ljubovid (“one of a lovely appearance”), itself from the former. More at Ljubljana. === Pronunciation === (SL) IPA(key): /ˌʎuˈbʎaːna/ === Proper noun === Ljubljána f Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Ljubljánčan / Ljubljánčanka ljubljánski === References === Snoj, Marko (2009), Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen [Etymological dictionary of Slovenian geographical names] (in Slovene), Ljubljana: Modrijan Založba ZRC, →ISBN, pages 238-241 Pronk, Tijmen (2007): The Etymology of Ljubljana - Laibach, in: Folia onomastica Croatica 16, 185–191. === Further reading === “Ljubljana”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran “Ljubljana”, in Termania, Amebis See also the general references