Lębork

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Lębork.

Proper noun

Lębork

  1. A town in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.

Translations

Translations

Polish

Etymology

Fom Middle Low German Lewenborch (literally “lion castle”), Germanisation of the older Slavic name Łebno, which took its name from the river Łeba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛm.bɔrk/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛmbɔrk
  • Syllabification: Lę‧bork

Proper noun

Lębork m inan (demonym lęborczanin, female demonym lęborczanka)

  1. Lębork, Lauenburg (a town in Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland)

Declension

Declension of Lębork
singular
nominative Lębork
genitive Lęborka
dative Lęborkowi
accusative Lębork
instrumental Lęborkiem
locative Lęborku
vocative Lęborku

Derived terms

adjective
  • lęborski

Further reading

  • Lębork in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Lębork in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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