Ljubljana

Borrowed from Slovene Ljubljana.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌl(j)ʊbliˈɑːnə/

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Ljubljana

2. The capital city of Slovenia.

• Ljubljanan

Ljubljana

1. Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

• Ljubljaan
• Ljubljaans

Ultimately from Slovene Ljubljana. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /ˌljyb.ˈljaː.naː/
• Hyphenation: Ljub‧lja‧na

Ljubljana n

1. Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

Ljubljana

1. Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

• IPA^(key): /lju.bli.ja.na/

Ljubljana ?

1. Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

• IPA^(key): /ˌli̯uːbəlˈjaːna/, [liˌuːbl̩-], [ˈljuːbl̩-], /ˌjuːbəlˈjaːna/

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Ljubljana n (proper noun, genitive Ljubljanas or (optionally with an article) Ljubljana)

1. (chiefly Germany, Switzerland) Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

   Synonym: (Austria; otherwise now less common) Laibach

Ljubljana n (proper noun, genitive singular Ljubljana)

1. Ljubljana (the capital of Slovenia)

Ljubljana f

1. alternative spelling of Liubliana

Ljubljana f

1. Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

• IPA^(key): /ʎubʎǎna/
• Hyphenation: Ljub‧lja‧na

Ljubljàna f (Cyrillic spelling Љубља̀на)

1. Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

Of unclear origin.

• According to etymologist Tijmen Pronk, the name Ljubljana (along with the German Laibach and the Italian Lubiana) is derived from the Proto-Slavic *ľubъ (“pleasant, sweet, love”) and the slavic ethnonymic suffix *-jan. Consequently, the original place name can be reconstructed as *Ljuba (“beloved place”), while the inhabitants were referred to as *Ljubljane. If you asked them where they lived, they would have responded with *v Ljubjah, which is a possible origin of the German name Laibach.

• Silvo Torkar suggests a connection to the old Slavic name Ljubovid (“one of a lovely appearance”), itself from the former. More at Ljubljana.

• (SL) IPA^(key): /ˌʎuˈbʎaːna/

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Ljubljána f

1. Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

• Ljubljánčan / Ljubljánčanka
• ljubljánski

• Snoj, Marko (2009) Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen [Etymological dictionary of Slovenian geographical names] (in Slovene), Ljubljana: Modrijan Založba ZRC, →ISBN, pages 238-241
• Pronk, Tijmen (2007): The Etymology of Ljubljana - Laibach, in: Folia onomastica Croatica 16, 185–191.

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