župa

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *župa, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gewp- (“cavity, pit”). Compare Albanian gop (“cunt”), Polish żupa (“mine”), Proto-Germanic *kubô (“shed, hut”) and Ancient Greek γύπη (gúpē, “cave”). First attested in the 19th century.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒupa]
• Hyphenation: žu‧pa

župa f

1. (historical) district, region, county

   Synonym: kraj

• “župa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “župa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “župa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *župa.

župa f

1. district, division, chapter

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “župa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *župa, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gewp- (“cavity, pit”).

• IPA^(key): /ʒǔːpa/
• Hyphenation: žu‧pa

žúpa f (Cyrillic spelling жу́па)

1. parish (Catholic)
2. (historical) district, region, county

• “župa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “župa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “župa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *župa. The second meaning is a semantic loan from German Gau.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒupa/
• Rhymes: -upa
• Hyphenation: žu‧pa
• Syllabification: žu‧pa

župa f

1. district association
2. (historical) an administrative unit of the Third Reich

• “župa” in Soblex