Chorzów

Etymology
From the.

Proper noun

 * 1) A southern Polish city near  in  on the River.

Translations

 * Czech: Chořov
 * German: Königshütte
 * Latin:
 * Polish:
 * Russian: Хо́жув
 * Silesian: Chorzůw

Etymology
. Possible etymologies include:
 * from +, meaning “unhealthy place” or “town of sick people”;
 * from +, where  is an archaic personal name, possibly a diminutive of ;
 * from the place name.

The city developed during the industrialization and was called by the Prussians. This was translated to Polish as, but in 1934, the official name was changed to , the name of an original village in the area of the city, which was first attested in the 12th century.