Berlin

Capital city of Germany

Berolinum, Berolinī, n

Noun [Cite]

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /beˈro.li.num/, [bɛˈrɔlʲɪnʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /beˈro.li.num/, [beˈrɔːlinum]

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Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Berolinum
Genitive	Berolinī
Dative	Berolinō
Accusative	Berolinum
Ablative	Berolinō
Vocative	Berolinum

Etymology:

Probably derived from a Polabian stem *berl- ~ *birl- (“swamp”), for which lexical item there is no evidence in Polabian nor in any Slavic language. Closest to that would be an unknown simple of *bьrlogъ (“cave”). The suffixes *-inъ and *-ogъ have the same meaning, so Berlin can be translated as "den, cave, lair".

References:

"Berolinum". In: Vicipaedia, Wikimedia Foundation, visited on 03.07.2023‎