Luxembourg

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Luxembourg

  • /ˈlʌk.səm.bɜːɡ/ UK
  • /ˈlʌk.səm.bəːɡ/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ˈlʊk.səm.bɜːɡ/ Northern England, UK
  • /ˈlʊk.səm.beːɡ/ UK
  • /ˈlʊk.səm.bɛːɡ/ UK
  • /ˈlʌk.səm.bʌɾɡ/ Scotland, UK
  • /ˈlʌk.səm.bøːɡ/ UK, Wales
  • /ˈlʌk.səm.bɝɡ/ US
  • /ˈlɐk.səm.bɜːɡ/ Australia
  • /ˈlɐk.səm.bøːɡ/ New Zealand
  • /ˈlʊk.sɛm.bɝɡ/ Philippines
  • /ˈlʊk.sɛm.bɔ˞ɡ/ Philippines

Where it comes from

From Middle High German Luccelemburc, from Old High German Lucilinburhuc, ultimately from luzil (“little”) + burg (“castle”), from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz and *burgz. Piecewise doublet of Littleborough and Littlebury.

proper noun Luxemburg · Luxemburg City · Lëtzebuerg

  1. A small country in Western Europe. Official name: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Capital and largest city: Luxembourg. The ECSC, which was made up of six nations (France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) later evolved into the European Economic Community (EEC) – under which the member states established a common market, and worked to harmonize their policies on everything from agricultur
  2. A province of Wallonia, Belgium.
  3. The capital city of Luxembourg.

    Similar: Luxembourg City

  4. One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: luxemburg, luxembourg city, liechtenstein, luxembourgish, belgium, netherlands, ireland, brussels, lorraine, duchy, justice, lux, kirchberg, ville, lu, grand duchy

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name country

EspañolLuxemburgo
한국어룩셈부르크 Ruksembureukeu
日本語ルクセンブルク Rukusenburuku
中文盧森堡 /卢森堡 Lúsēnbǎo
हिन्दीलक्ज़मबर्ग lakzambarg, लक्समबर्ग laksambarg
KiswahiliLasembagi
PortuguêsLuxemburgo
FrançaisLuxembourg
DeutschLuxemburg
ItalianoLussemburgo
ΕλληνικάΛουξεμβούργο Louxemvoúrgo
RomânăLuxemburg
РусскийЛюксембу́рг Ljuksembúrg
Tiếng ViệtLục Xâm Bảo, Lúc-xăm-bua
العربيةلُوكْسِمْبُورْغ f or لُكْسِمْبُورْغ lūksimbūrḡ
עבריתלוּקְסֶמְבּוּרְג luksembúrg

name canton in Luxembourg

PortuguêsLuxemburgo
DeutschLuxemburg
РусскийЛюксембу́рг Ljuksembúrg

name province in Belgium

日本語ルクセンブルク Rukusenburuku
中文盧森堡 /卢森堡 Lúsēnbǎo
PortuguêsLuxemburgo
FrançaisLuxembourg
РусскийЛюксембу́рг Ljuksembúrg
العربيةلُوكْسُمْبُورْغ luksumburg, لُوكْسَمْبُورْغ luksamburg, لُوكْسِمْبُورْغ luksimburg

name capital city

EspañolLuxemburgo
한국어룩셈부르크 Ruksembureukeu
日本語ルクセンブルク Rukusenburuku
中文盧森堡 /卢森堡 Lúsēnbǎo
हिन्दीलक्ज़मबर्ग lakzambarg, लक्समबर्ग laksambarg
PortuguêsLuxemburgo
ΕλληνικάΛουξεμβούργο Louxemvoúrgo
RomânăLuxemburg
РусскийЛюксембу́рг Ljuksembúrg
Tiếng ViệtLục Xâm Bảo, Lúc-xăm-bua
العربيةلُوكْسُمْبُورْغ luksumburg, لُوكْسَمْبُورْغ luksamburg, لُوكْسِمْبُورْغ luksimburg
עבריתלוּקְסֶמְבּוּרְג luksembúrg

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Luxembourg. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/luxembourg

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"Luxembourg." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/luxembourg.

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@misc{luxembourg_2026,
  title = {Luxembourg},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/luxembourg},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}