Rzeszów

From Polish Rzeszów.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛʃuːf/

Rzeszów

1. A city in southeastern Poland.

From earlier *Rzaszów, from the personal name *Rzasz + -ów, from rzegotać. The change to Rzeszów (Rza > Rze) is irregular, resulting from a raising from palatal rz, historically pronounced /r̝/.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʐɛ.ʂuf/

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• Rhymes: -ɛʂuf
• Syllabification: Rze‧szów

Rzeszów m inan (related adjective rzeszowski)

1. Rzeszów (the capital city of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland)

• → Belarusian: Жэ́шаў (Žéšaŭ), Рэ́шаў (Réšaŭ)
• → Crimean Tatar: Jeşuv
• → Czech: Řešov
• → English: Rzeszów
• → German: Reichshof, Resche
• → Latin: Resovia
• → Latvian: Žešova
• → Lithuanian: Žešova, Žešuvas
• → Russian: Же́шув (Žéšuv)
• → Silesian: Rzeszůw
• → Slovak: Rešov
• → Ukrainian: Ря́шів (Rjášiv), Же́шув (Žéšuv)
• → Yiddish: ריישע (reyshe)

• Rzeszów in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Rzeszów in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Rzeszów in PWN's encyclopedia