Chorzów

English edit

Etymology edit

From the Polish Chorzów.

Proper noun edit

Chorzów

A southern Polish city near Katowice in Silesia on the River Rawa.

Synonyms edit

(city on the Rawa in southern Poland): Königshütte (German name)

Translations edit

city on the Rawa in southern Poland

Czech: Chořov
German: Königshütte f
Latin: please add this translation if you can
Polish: Chorzów (pl) m
Russian: Хожув (Xožuv)
Silesian: Chorzůw

Polish edit

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Chorzów

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Chorzów

Etymology edit

Unknown. Possible etymologies include:

from chory (“ill”) + -ów, meaning “unhealthy place” or “town of sick people”;
from Chorz + -ów, where Chorz is an archaic personal name, possibly a diminutive of Zachariasz;
from the place name Zversov.

The city developed during the industrialization and was called Königshütte (literally “Royal Ironworks”) by the Prussians. This was translated to Polish as Królewska Huta, but in 1934, the official name was changed to Chorzów, the name of an original village in the area of the city, which was first attested in the 12th century.