Etymology

Austerlitz

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Today it means: Former name of Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic. The site of Napoleon's victory over the combined Russian and Austrian armies in 1805. Full definition →

German Austerlitz
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  1. German · borrowed fromAusterlitz
  2. English todayAusterlitz

Borrowed from German Austerlitz, perhaps from an earlier Neusedlitz, borrowed from an old Czech name Novosedlice.

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