Austerlitz

Borrowed from German Austerlitz, perhaps from an earlier Neusedlitz, borrowed from an old Czech name Novosedlice.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːstəlɪts/, /ˈaʊstəlɪts/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɔstɚlɪts/, /ˈaʊstɚlɪts/

Austerlitz

1. Former name of Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic. The site of Napoleon's victory over the combined Russian and Austrian armies in 1805.
   • 1886, Thomas Hardy, chapter XX, in The Mayor of Casterbridge:

     That dinner at the King’s Arms with his friends had been Henchard’s Austerlitz: he had had his successes since, but his course had not been upward.

First attested as Austerlitz in 1806. Borrowed from German Austerlitz, the German name of Slavkov u Brna. Louis Napoleon gave the village this name after Napoleon won a victory there against Austria and Russia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯.stərˌlits/
• Hyphenation: Aus‧ter‧litz

Austerlitz n

1. A village in Zeist, Utrecht, Netherlands.

• Austerlitzer

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “Austerlitz”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Perhaps from an earlier Neusedlitz, borrowed from an old Czech name Novosedlice.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ̯stɐlɪt͡s/

• Audio

  (file)

Austerlitz n (proper noun, strong, genitive Austerlitz')

1. Former name of Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic. The site of Napoleon's victory over the combined Russian and Austrian armies in 1805.