Villach
English
Etymology
From German Villach, probably from Gaulish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (anglicized) /ˈvɪlɑːk/, (approximation of the German) /ˈfɪlɑːx/
Proper noun
Villach
- A statutory city in Carinthia, Austria.
Translations
city in Carinthia
German
Etymology
Probably from Gaulish *Biliākon, from *biliā (“tall tree”).[1][2] This name is not attested as an ancient name of Villach, but it is attested as a place name in several places in France and Luxembourg.
Alternatively from a Latin-Celtic hybridism Vīllācum from Latin vīlla (“estate”) + Proto-Celtic *-ākom.[3] This name is attested in Medieval Latin, but only as a Latinization of the German name.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɪlaχ/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Villach n (proper noun, genitive Villachs or (optionally with an article) Villach)
- Villach (a statutory city in Carinthia, Austria)
- 2024 December 27, “Verschwand nach Tod seines Vaters: Autist (22) in Österreich tot gefunden – „Welt zusammengebrochen““”, in Frankfurter Rundschau[4], archived from the original on 1 January 2025:
- Seit dem 16. Dezember wurde der 22-jährige Levi vermisst. Der junge Mann aus Villach ist Autist und harrte tagelang bei eisiger Kälte im Freien aus.
- 22-year-old Levi has been missing since December 16th. The young man from Villach is autistic and stayed out in the freezing cold for days.
References
- ^ Pohl, Heinz-Dieter (2011/12) Deutsch-slowenisches Verzeichnis der Kärntner Orts-, Gewässer- und Bergnamen (und einiger weiterer wichtiger Objekte)[1] (in German) (PDF), page 65
- ^ Pohl, Heinz-Dieter (2002/03) Slawische und slowenische (alpenslawische) Ortsnamen in Österreich[2] (in German)
- ^ Sturm-Schnabl, Katja, Schnabl, Bojan-Ilija (2016) “Ortsname”, in Enzyklopädie der slowenischen Kulturgeschichte in Kärnten/Koroška: Von den Anfängen bis 1942[3] (in German), Band 2: J–Pl, Wien [Vienna]: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 968