Proper Name guide

Aarhus

name · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɑːhuːs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈɑɹˌ(h)us/
  • General-American: /ˈɔrˌ(h)us/
  • CMU ARPABET: AA2 HH UW1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A city and port in Denmark, in East Jutland; the second-largest city in Denmark.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Arhus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center, port

History

Etymology

From Danish Aarhus.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: Orhus — Danish city
  • Belarusian: О́рхус (Órxus) — Danish city
  • Bulgarian: О́рхус (Órhus) — Danish city
  • Chinese Mandarin: 奧胡斯 /奥胡斯 (Àohúsī) — Danish city
  • Danish: Århus — Danish city
  • Danish: Aarhus — Danish city
  • Esperanto: Arhuzo — Danish city
  • Finnish: Århus — Danish city
  • Georgian: ორჰუსი (orhusi) — Danish city
  • Georgian: აარჰუსი (aarhusi) — Danish city
  • German: Aarhus — Danish city
  • Greek: Ώρχους (Órchous) — Danish city
  • Icelandic: Árósar — Danish city
  • Japanese: オーフス (Ōfusu) — Danish city
  • Korean: 오르후스 (oreuhuseu) — Danish city
  • Latvian: Orhūsa — Danish city
  • Lithuanian: Orhusas — Danish city
  • Old Norse: Áróss — Danish city
  • Polish: Aarhus — Danish city
  • Russian: О́рхус (Órxus) — Danish city
  • Slovak: Aarhus — Danish city
  • Turkish: Aarhus — Danish city
  • Uzbek: Orxus — Danish city