Chorzów

English

Etymology

From the Polish Chorzów.

Proper noun

Chorzów

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

Synonyms

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

Translations

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: Хо́жув m (Xóžuv)
• Silesian: Chorzůw

Further reading

• Chorzów on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Polish

Chorzów

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɔ.ʐuf/

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• Rhymes: -ɔʐuf
• Syllabification: Cho‧rzów

Proper noun

Chorzów m inan (related adjective chorzowski)

1. Chorzów (a city in the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)

   Synonym: (until 1934) Królewska Huta

Declension

Declension of Chorzów

	singular
nominative	Chorzów
genitive	Chorzowa
dative	Chorzowowi
accusative	Chorzów
instrumental	Chorzowem
locative	Chorzowie
vocative	Chorzowie

Derived terms

nouns

• chorzowianin
• chorzowianka

 

Descendants

• → English: Chorzów

Further reading

• Chorzów in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Chorzów in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Chorzów in PWN's encyclopedia