Württemberg

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Württemberg. === Pronunciation === enPR: wûr′təm-bûrg′, vür′təm-bĕrk′, IPA(key): /ˈwɜɹ.təmˌbɜɹɡ/, /ˈvʏɹ.təmˌbɛɹk/ === Proper noun === Württemberg A cultural region in southwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, roughly corresponding to Swabia. ==== Derived terms ==== Württembergian === Further reading === “Württemberg”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. “Württemberg”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “württemberg”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present. “Württemberg”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. == German == === Etymology === Named after the mountain Württemberg in Stuttgart-Rotenberg, probably of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from *Wirodūnon, composed of *wiros (“man”) and *dūnom (“fortress, hill”). This is also the source of the French city Verdun, Latinized as Medieval Latin Virodūnum in the middle ages. Some prefer a derivation from the House of Württemberg in Luxembourg, but this could itself be from the Celtic name. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvʏʁtəmbɛʁk/ === Proper noun === Württemberg n (proper noun, genitive Württembergs or (optionally with an article) Württemberg) Württemberg (a cultural region in southwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, roughly corresponding to Swabia) === References === Harald Schukraft: Kleine Geschichte des Hauses Württemberg. Tübingen 2006, S. 38.