History of Bratislava - City Name History

City Name History

Bratislava's names most of which were used before 1919
Name Language Cognate language Annotation
Preßburg German
Pressburg
Prešporok Slovak derived from German
Pressporek 1773 Slovak
Prešpurek Czech
Prešpurk German
Presspurek
Presspurk
Břetislav attributed to Pavel Jozef Šafárik, 1837.
Bratislav Slovak attributed to Ľudovít Štúr.
Pressburg English German Pressburg Street in southwestern London
Pressburgh
Pressborough
Presburgo Spanish
Portuguese
Italian
Pressbourg later Presbourg French German rue de Presbourg in Paris
Presburg Dutch
Pozsony Hungarian still in use by Hungarians today
Posony 1773 Hungarian
Posonium Latin
Požun Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian
Pozhoma Romani
Istropolis Greek meaning the Danube City

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