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Borrowed from Slovene Ljubljana.

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Ljubljana

  1. The capital city of Slovenia.

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Ljubljana

  1. Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)
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Estonian

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Ljubljana

  1. Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

French

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Ljubljana ?

  1. Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

German

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  • 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

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Ljubljana ?

  1. Ljubljana (the capital of Slovenia)

Portuguese

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Ljubljana f

  1. Alternative spelling of Liubliana

Romanian

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Ljubljana f

  1. Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

Serbo-Croatian

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

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Ljubljàna f (Cyrillic spelling Љубља̀на)

  1. Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

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Slovene

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Etymology

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Of unclear origin. Tijmen Pronk suggests a derivation from Proto-Slavic *ľubъ (pleasant, sweet, love). Silvo Torkar suggests a connection to the old Slavic name Ljubovid (one of a lovely appearance), itself from the former. More at Ljubljana.

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Ljubljána f

  1. Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

Inflection

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nominative Ljubljána
genitive Ljubljáne
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Ljubljána
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Ljubljáne
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Ljubljáni
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Ljubljáno
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Ljubljáni
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Ljubljáno
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References

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  • Snoj, Marko (2009) Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen [Etymological dictionary of Slovenian geographical names], Ljubljana: Modrijan Založba ZRC, →ISBN, pages 238-241