Koper

See also: koper, köper, kòper, and kopër

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Slovene Koper.

Proper noun

Koper

  1. A coastal town in southwestern Slovenia.
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Polish Koper.

Proper noun

Koper (plural Kopers)

  1. A surname from Polish.
Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Koper is the 35147th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 641 individuals. Koper is most common among White (96.26%) individuals.

Further reading

Anagrams

Polish

Etymology

From Polish koper (dill).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.pɛr/
  • Rhymes: -ɔpɛr
  • Syllabification: Ko‧per
  • Homophone: koper

Proper noun

Koper m pers

  1. a male surname

Declension

Proper noun

Koper f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian koper, from Proto-West Germanic *kopr. Cognates with West Frisian koper.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoːpər/
  • Hyphenation: Ko‧per
  • Rhymes: -oːpər

Noun

Koper n (uncountable)

  1. copper

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “Koper”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kòːpər/

Proper noun

Kọ́pər m inan

  1. Koper (a city in Slovenia)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative Kóper
genitive Kópra
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Kóper
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Kópra
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Kópru
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Kóper
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Kópru
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Kóprom

Derived terms

  • Kóprčan
  • Kóprčanka
  • kóprski

Further reading

  • Koper”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • Koper”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references