Etymology

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Today it means: A region of north-eastern Slovakia, Spiš region Full definition →

German Zips ← Middle High German Cypis ← Old Hungarian Schypis
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  1. Old Hungarian · derived fromSchypis
  2. Middle High German · derived fromCypis
  3. German · borrowed fromZips
  4. English todayZips

Borrowed from German Zips, from Middle High German Cypis, Cypus, possibly from Old Hungarian Schypis (modern Szepes).

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