# Luxembourg

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈlʌk.səm.bɜːɡ/ · frequency rank #13,558

## Definitions
1. A small country in Western Europe. Official name: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Capital and largest city: Luxembourg.
2. A province of Wallonia, Belgium.
3. The capital city of Luxembourg.
4. One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city.

## Etymology
From Middle High German Luccelemburc, from Old High German Lucilinburhuc, ultimately from luzil (“little”) + burg (“castle”), from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz and *burgz. Piecewise doublet of Littleborough and Littlebury.

## Common misspellings (15)
`lluxembourg`, `luexmbourg`, `luxebmourg`, `luxembbourg`, `luxemborug`, `luxembougr`, `luxembourgg`, `luxembourrg`, `luxembuorg`, `luxemmbourg`, `luxemoburg`, `luxmebourg`, `luxxembourg`, `lxuembourg`, `ulxembourg`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/luxembourg