Editing Brno (section)

==Names==
The [[etymology]] of the name ''Brno'' is disputed. It might be derived from the [[History of the Czech language|Old Czech]] ''{{lang|cs|brnie}}'' 'muddy, swampy.'<ref>E.M. Pospelov, ''Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira'' (Moscow, 1998), p. 82.</ref> Alternative derivations are a [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] verb ''brniti'' (to armour or to fortify) or a [[Celtic languages|Celtic language]] spoken in the area before it was inhabited by [[Germanic peoples]] and later [[Slavs|Slavic peoples]]. The latter theory would make it [[cognate]] with other Celtic words for hill, such as the [[Welsh language|Welsh]] word ''{{lang|cy|bryn}}''.

Throughout its history, Brno's locals also referred to the town in other languages, including ''{{lang|de|Brünn}}'' in German, ברין (''{{lang|yi-Latn|Brin}}'') in [[Yiddish]], and ''{{lang|la|Bruna}}'' in [[Latin]]. The city was also referred to as Brunn ({{IPAc-en|b|r|ʌ|n}})<ref>{{cite web |title =What does Brunn mean? |url= http://www.audioenglish.org/dictionary/brunn.htm |publisher =AudioEnglish.org |access-date= 26 October 2015 }}</ref> in English, but that usage is not common today.<ref>{{cite web |title= WordNet Search |url=http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?o2=&o0=1&o8=1&o1=1&o7=&o5=&o9=&o6=&o3=&o4=&s=Brno |publisher= WordNet |access-date= 26 October 2015}}</ref>

The asteroid [[2889 Brno]] was named after the city, as was the [[Bren light machine gun]] (from 'Brno' and '[[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]]'), which was widely used in [[World War II]].