Košice

See also:Kosiceandkosíce

English

Alternative forms

• Kosice

Etymology

FromSlovakKošice.

Proper noun

Košice

1. The second largest city ofSlovakia.

Translations

city

• Azerbaijani:Koşitse
• Belarusian:Ко́шыцыfpl(Kóšycy),Ко́шыцэn(Kóšyce)
• Carpathian Rusyn:Кошіцї(Košicji)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Khoa hi sách(zh)(Kēxīcè)

• Czech:Košice(cs)fpl
• French:Košice(fr)f,Cassovief
• German:Košice(de)n,Kaschau(de)n
• Hungarian:Kassa(hu)
• Latin:Cassoviaf
• Polish:Koszyce(pl)pl
• Romanian:Cașoviaf
• Russian:Ко́шицеm(Kóšice)
• Slovak:Košice(sk)fpl
• Ukrainian:Ко́шиціfpl(Kóšyci),Ко́шицеn(Kóšyce)

Anagrams

• ockies

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈkoʃɪt͡sɛ]

Proper noun

Košicefpl(related adjectivekošický,demonymKošičan)

1. Košice(a city inSlovakia)
   • Druhé největší město Slovenska jsouKošice.

     The second largest city in Slovakia isKošice.

Declension

Declension ofKošice(pl-only soft feminine)

	plural
nominative	Košice
genitive	Košic
dative	Košicím,Košicům
accusative	Košice
vocative	Košice
locative	Košicích
instrumental	Košicemi

Further reading

• “Košice”,inPříruční slovník jazyka českého(in Czech),1935–1957
• “Košice”,inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého(in Czech),1960–1971, 1989
• “Košice”,inInternetová jazyková příručka(in Czech)

French

Alternative forms

• Kosice

Etymology

BorrowedfromSlovakKošice.

Proper noun

Košicem

1. Košice
   1. A city inSlovakia
   2. A region ofSlovakia

Synonyms

• Cassovie

Slovak

Etymology

The second element is from the commonSlavicpatronymic suffix-ice.The first element is of uncertain origin, possibly from the personal nameKoš,Koša,or from Old Slovakkosa(“clearing”)(fromProto-Slavic*kositi(“to reap”)), or ofOld Hungarianorigin. More atKošice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈkɔʃit͡se]

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Proper noun

Košicefpl(genitivesingularKošíc,declension pattern ofulica)

1. Košice(a city inSlovakia)

Declension

Declension ofKošice

	plurale tantum
nominative	Košice
genitive	Košíc
dative	Košiciam
accusative	Košice
locative	Košiciach
instrumental	Košicami

Derived terms

• Košičanm
• Košičankaf
• košický

Descendants

• →Chinese:→Khoa hi sách(Kēxīcè)(transliteration)
• English:Kosice
• French:Kosice

References

• "Z histórie Košíc – 13. storočie" (in Slovak). City of Košice. 2005.
• Štefánik, Martin; Lukačka, Ján, eds. (2010). Lexikón stredovekých miest na Slovensku [Lexicon of Medieval Towns in Slovakia] (PDF) (in Slovak and English). Bratislava: Historický ústav SAV. p. 194.
• Varsik, Branislav (1964). Osídlenie Košickej kotliny I. (in Slovak). Bratislava: Veda, Vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied. p. 193.
• Room, Adrian (December 31, 2003). Placenames of the world: origins and...
• "Old Hungarian names" (PDF). 2009.

Further reading

• “Košice”,inSlovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV[Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak),https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk,2024