Görlitz

Significado (inglés)

1. (neuter,proper-noun) Görlitz (a town and rural district of Saxony, Germany)
2. (historical,neuter,proper-noun) Zgorzelec (a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)

Guionizado como

Gör‧litz

Xénero

Neutro

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɡœʁlɪts/

Etimoloxía (inglés)

First mentioned in Latin as (in villa) Goreliz in a deed from King Heinrich IV of 1071. Said to be of Slavic/Old Sorbian origin, from Proto-Slavic *gorěti (“to burn”), referring to an establishment on a burned site. Its mentioning is connected to the transfer of some of the king's properties located in the eastern part of Upper Lusatia to the cathedral chapter of Meißen.