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Aarhus.

Aarhus (a city in Denmark)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

name/ɔːrhuːˀs/[ˈɒːhuˀs][ˈɒːhus]
  1. Aarhus (a city in Denmark)

Where this word comes from

From Old Danish Arus, from Old Norse Áróss, a compound of á (“river”) + óss (“mouth”). The first part of the word is an old genitive of Danish å (“small river”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”), related to Latin aqua (“water”)). The latter part is a (now obsolete) word for "river mouth", os (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éh₃(o)s (“mouth”), related to Latin os (“mouth”)). The name has been assimilated to the word hus (“house”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.