Strasbourg

English

Etymology

From French Strasbourg, from Middle High German Strāzburc. Compare modern German Straßburg, equivalent to Straße (“street, road”) + Burg (“borough, fortified town, castle”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstɹæzbɜːɡ/, /ˈstɹæsbɜːɡ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstɹɑːsbɝːɡ/

Proper noun

Strasbourg

The capital city of the Bas-Rhin department, France; capital city of the region of Grand Est; located in the historic region of Alsace, near the border with Germany and at various historical points a part of Germany.
Synonym: (obsolete) Argentine
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Alternative forms

Strassburg

Derived terms

Strasbourg pie

Translations

city in Alsace

Afrikaans: Straatsburg
Alemannic German: Strosburi n
Lower Rhine Alsatian: Strossburi n

Upper Rhine Alsatian: Strossburig n
Arabic: سْتْرَاسْبُورْغ m (strāsbūrḡ)
Hijazi Arabic: ستراسبورق m (strāsbūrg)
Armenian: Ստրասբուրգ (Strasburg)
Catalan: Estrasburg m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 斯特拉斯堡 (zh) (Sītèlāsībǎo)
Corsican: Strasburgu m
Czech: Štrasburk m
Dutch: Straatsburg (nl) n, Straatburcht f
Esperanto: Strasburgo
Finnish: Strasbourg (fi)
Franco-Provençal: Strasbôrg
French: Strasbourg (fr) m
Galician: Estrasburgo (gl)
Georgian: სტრასბურგი (sṭrasburgi)
German: Straßburg (de) n
Greek: Στρασβούργο (el) n (Strasvoúrgo)
Icelandic: Strassborg f, Strætiborg f
Italian: Strasburgo m
Japanese: ストラスブール (Sutorasubūru) (French form), シュトラースブルク (Shutorāsuburuku) (German form)
Korean: 스트라스부르 (Seuteuraseubureu) (French form), 슈트라스부르크 (Syuteuraseubureukeu) (German form)
Latin: Argentoratum (la) n, Argentaria n, Strasburgum n
Lithuanian: Strasbūras m
Low German:
German Low German: Straßborg n
Luxembourgish: Stroossbuerg n
Macedonian: Стразбу́р m (Strazbúr)
Marathi: स्ट्रॅसबर्ग (sṭrĕsbarga)
Occitan: Estrasborg m
Old Norse: Stransborg f, Stránsborg f
Persian: استراسبورگ
Picard: Strasbourq
Polish: Strasburg (pl) m, Sztrasburg m
Portuguese: Estrasburgo f
Russian: Стра́сбург (ru) m (Strásburg), Страсбу́р m (Strasbúr)
Sardinian: Strasburgu m
Scots: Strasbourg
Sicilian: Strasburgu m
Slovak: Štrasburg m
Spanish: Estrasburgo (es) m
Ukrainian: Страсбург (Strasburh)
West Frisian: Straasburch n
Yiddish: שטראַסבורג n (shtrasburg), סטראַסבורג n (strasburg)

French

Etymology

From Middle High German Strāzburc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /stʁas.buʁ/, /stʁaz.buʁ/
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Proper noun

Strasbourg m

Strasbourg (the capital city of the Bas-Rhin department, France; capital city of the region of Grand Est)

Derived terms

Strasbourgeois

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