Luxembourg

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UK, UK/ˈlʌk.səm.bɜːɡ/British, Southern, Standard, UK/ˈlʌk.səm.bəːɡ/Northern England, UK/ˈlʊk.səm.bɜːɡ/UK/ˈlʊk.səm.beːɡ/

proper noun

A small country in Western Europe. Official name: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Capital and largest city: Luxembourg.

CommonScrabble 22

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Luxemburg · alternative Luxemburg City · alternative Lëtzebuerg

  1. A small country in Western Europe. Official name: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Capital and largest city: Luxembourg.
    1 more example

    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 agriculture and fisheries to monetary policy.

    2012 September 6, Bryony Jones, “Why is unity so important to Europe?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2016
  2. One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe capital city of Luxembourg.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*lūtilaz
  2. Old High GermanLucilinburhuc
  3. Middle High GermanLuccelemburc
  4. EnglishLuxembourg

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.

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Translations

Afrikaans Luxemburg, Luxemburg
  • Luxemburgcapital city
  • Luxemburgcountry
  • Luxemburgcanton in Luxembourg
Arabic لُوكْسُمْبُورْغ, لُوكْسَمْبُورْغ
  • لُوكْسُمْبُورْغ (luksumburg)province in Belgium
  • لُوكْسَمْبُورْغ (luksamburg)province in Belgium
  • لُوكْسِمْبُورْغ (luksimburg)province in Belgium
  • لُوكْسُمْبُورْغ (luksumburg)capital city
  • لُوكْسَمْبُورْغ (luksamburg)capital city
  • لُوكْسِمْبُورْغ (luksimburg)capital city
  • لُوكْسِمْبُورْغ f or لُكْسِمْبُورْغ (lūksimbūrḡ)country
Bengali লুক্সেমবুর্গ, লুক্সেমবুর্গ
  • লুক্সেমবুর্গ (lukśemburgo)capital city
  • লুক্সেমবুর্গ (lukśemburgo)country
Bulgarian Лю́ксембург, Лю́ксембург
  • Лю́ксембург (Ljúksemburg)province in Belgium
  • Лю́ксембург (Ljúksemburg)capital city
  • Лю́ксембург (Ljúksemburg)country
  • Лю́ксембург (Ljúksemburg)canton in Luxembourg
Catalan Luxemburg, Luxemburg
  • Luxemburgprovince in Belgium
  • Luxemburgcountry
Chinese Cantonese 盧森堡 /卢森堡, 盧森堡 /卢森堡
  • 盧森堡 /卢森堡 (lou⁴ sam¹ bou²)province in Belgium
  • 盧森堡 /卢森堡 (lou⁴ sam¹ bou²)capital city
  • 盧森堡 /卢森堡 (lou⁴ sam¹ bou²)country
Chinese Mandarin 盧森堡 /卢森堡, 盧森堡 /卢森堡
  • 盧森堡 /卢森堡 (Lúsēnbǎo)province in Belgium
  • 盧森堡 /卢森堡 (Lúsēnbǎo)capital city
  • 盧森堡 /卢森堡 (Lúsēnbǎo)country
Czech Lucemburk, Lucembursko
  • Lucemburkcapital city
  • Lucemburskocountry
Danish Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  • Luxembourgcapital city
  • Luxembourgcountry
  • Luxemburgcountry
  • Luxemborgcountry
Dutch Luxemburg, Luxemburg
  • Luxemburgprovince in Belgium
  • Luxemburgcapital city
  • Luxemburgcountry
  • Luxemburgcanton in Luxembourg
Esperanto Luksemburgo, Luksemburgio
  • Luksemburgocapital city
  • Luksemburgiocountry
  • Luksemburgocountry
Estonian Luxembourg, Luksemburg
  • Luxembourgcapital city
  • Luksemburgcountry
Finnish Luxembourg, Luxemburg
  • Luxembourgprovince in Belgium
  • Luxemburgcapital city
  • Luxemburgcountry
  • Luxemburgcanton in Luxembourg
French Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  • Luxembourgprovince in Belgium
  • Luxembourgcountry
German Luxemburg, Luxemburg
  • Luxemburgcountry
  • Luxemburgcanton in Luxembourg
Greek Λουξεμβούργο, Λουξεμβούργο
  • Λουξεμβούργο (Louxemvoúrgo)capital city
  • Λουξεμβούργο (Louxemvoúrgo)country
Hebrew לוּקְסֶמְבּוּרְג, לוּקְסֶמְבּוּרְג
  • לוּקְסֶמְבּוּרְג (luksembúrg)capital city
  • לוּקְסֶמְבּוּרְג (luksembúrg)country
Hindi लक्ज़मबर्ग, लक्समबर्ग
  • लक्ज़मबर्ग (lakzambarg)capital city
  • लक्समबर्ग (laksambarg)capital city
  • लक्ज़मबर्ग (lakzambarg)country
  • लक्समबर्ग (laksambarg)country
Hungarian Luxemburg
  • Luxemburgcountry
Icelandic Lúxemborg, Lúxemborg
  • Lúxemborgcapital city
  • Lúxemborgcountry
Indonesian Luksemburg, Luxemburg
  • Luksemburgcapital city
  • Luxemburgcountry
  • Luksemburgcountry
Irish Lucsamburg, Lucsamburg
  • Lucsamburgcapital city
  • Lucsamburgcountry
Italian Lussemburgo
  • Lussemburgocountry
Japanese ルクセンブルク, ルクセンブルク
  • ルクセンブルク (Rukusenburuku)province in Belgium
  • ルクセンブルク (Rukusenburuku)capital city
  • ルクセンブルク (Rukusenburuku)country
Korean 룩셈부르크, 룩셈부르그
  • 룩셈부르크 (Ruksembureukeu)capital city
  • 룩셈부르그 (Ruksembureugeu)capital city
  • 룩셈부르크 (Ruksembureukeu)country
  • 룩셈부르그 (Ruksembureugeu)country
Latin Luxemburgum, Augusta Romanduorum
  • Luxemburgumprovince in Belgium
  • Augusta Romanduorumcapital city
  • Urbs Luxemburgumcapital city
  • Luxemburgumcountry
Latvian Luksemburga, Luksemburga
  • Luksemburgacapital city
  • Luksemburgacountry
Lithuanian Liuksemburgas, Liuksemburgas
  • Liuksemburgascapital city
  • Liuksemburgascountry
Malay Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  • Luxembourgcapital city
  • Luxembourgcountry
Māori Rakapuō
  • Rakapuōcountry
Norwegian Bokmål Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  • Luxembourgprovince in Belgium
  • Luxembourgcapital city
  • Luxemburgcapital city
  • Luxembourgcountry
  • Luxemburgcountry
  • Luxembourgcanton in Luxembourg
Polish Luksemburgia, Luksemburg
  • Luksemburgiaprovince in Belgium
  • Luksemburgprovince in Belgium
  • Luksemburgcapital city
  • Luksemburgcountry
  • Luksemburgcanton in Luxembourg
Portuguese Luxemburgo, Luxemburgo
  • Luxemburgoprovince in Belgium
  • Luxemburgocapital city
  • Luxemburgocountry
  • Luxemburgocanton in Luxembourg
Punjabi ਲਕਸਮਬਰਗ
  • ਲਕਸਮਬਰਗ (laksamabrag)country
Romanian Luxemburg, Luxemburg
  • Luxemburgcapital city
  • Luxemburgcountry
Russian Люксембу́рг, Люксембу́рг
  • Люксембу́рг (Ljuksembúrg)province in Belgium
  • Люксембу́рг (Ljuksembúrg)capital city
  • Люксембу́рг (Ljuksembúrg)country
  • Люксембу́рг (Ljuksembúrg)canton in Luxembourg
Slovak Luxemburg, Luxembursko
  • Luxemburgcapital city
  • Luxemburskocountry
Spanish Luxemburgo, Luxemburgo
  • Luxemburgocapital city
  • Luxemburgocountry
Swahili Lasembagi
  • Lasembagicountry
Swedish Luxemburg, Luxemburg
  • Luxemburgcapital city
  • Luxemburgcountry
Tagalog Luksemburgo
  • Luksemburgocountry
Tamil லக்சம்பர்க்
  • லக்சம்பர்க் (lakcampark)country
Thai ลักเซมเบิร์ก, ลักเซมเบิร์ก
  • ลักเซมเบิร์ก (lák-sem-bə̀ək)capital city
  • ลักเซมเบิร์ก (lák-sem-bə̀ək)country
Turkish Lüksemburg, Lüksemburg
  • Lüksemburgcapital city
  • Lüksemburgcountry
Ukrainian Люксембу́рг, Люксембу́рґ
  • Люксембу́рг (Ljuksembúrh)capital city
  • Люксембу́рґ (Ljuksembúrg)capital city
  • Люксембу́рг (Ljuksembúrh)country
  • Люксембу́рґ (Ljuksembúrg)country
Urdu لَکْسَمْبَرْگ, لَکْسَمْبَرْگ
  • لَکْسَمْبَرْگ (laksambarg)capital city
  • لَکْسَمْبَرْگ (laksambarg)country
Vietnamese Lục Xâm Bảo, Lúc-xăm-bua
  • Lục Xâm Bảocapital city
  • Lúc-xăm-buacapital city
  • Lục Xâm Bảocountry
  • Lúc-xăm-buacountry
Welsh Lwcsembwrg
  • Lwcsembwrgcountry
Yiddish לוקסעמבורג
  • לוקסעמבורג (luksemburg)country
Cite this entry
APA

Luxembourg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luxembourg

MLA

“Luxembourg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luxembourg. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Luxembourg,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luxembourg.

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