Lubeck

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proper noun

A surname.

OriginPolabian Liubice →
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Meanings

proper nounLubeck (plural Lubecks)

plural Lubecks

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in the Shire of Northern Grampians and the Shire of Yarriambiack, central western Victoria, Australia.

Origin

  1. PolabianLiubice“lovely”
  2. EnglishLubeck

* As a Dutch and North/Low German surname, from the city of Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein. * As a Slovak surname, from Ľubek, pet form of various names like Ľubomir formed from ľúbiť (“to love”). Similarly also from Polabian Liubice (“lovely”), cognate with Polish luby + -ica.

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APA

Lubeck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lubeck

MLA

“Lubeck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lubeck. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lubeck,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lubeck.

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