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Warszawa

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See also: warszawa, warszawą, and Warszawą

Danish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Polish Warszawa, from Old Polish. See there for more.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vɑˈsjaːva/, [vɑ̈ˈɕɛːvæ]

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Warszawa ?

  1. Warsaw (the capital city of Poland)
    Warszawa er hovedstaden i Polen.
    Warsaw is the capital of Poland.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Polish Warszawa, from Old Polish. See there for more.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vɑrˈʃɑːvɑ/, [vɑˈʂ(ː)ɑ̀ːvɑ̌]

Proper noun

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Warszawa

  1. Warsaw (the capital city of Poland)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Polish Warszawa, from Old Polish. See there for more.

Proper noun

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Warszawa ?

  1. Warsaw (the capital city of Poland)

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Polish

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Warszawa

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish Warszewa with -e- replaced by -a- due to hypercorrection[1][2] or assimilation.[3]

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Warszawa f (related adjective warszawski, demonym warszawiak, female demonym warszawianka)

  1. Warsaw (the capital and largest city of Poland)
    Warszawa lat wojny i okupacjiWarsaw of the war and occupation years
    • 1854, Leon Potocki, Święcone, czyli Pałac Potockich w Warszawie:
      Arcybiskupowi przeznaczono rocznéj pensyi 140,000 franków, prócz pieniędzy na reprezentacyą; gdyż cesarz w udzielonych mu instrukcyach chciał, aby w Warszawie wielki dom prowadził.
      The archbishop was allowed a yearly pension of 140,000 franks, in addition to the money for representation; where as the emperor, as in his conferred instructions, wanted him to lead a great house in Warsaw.
    • 1964, Adam Szczypiorski, Ćwierć wieku Warszawy, 1806–1830:
      Od daty 18 maja 1815 roku, kiedy traktat wiedeński powołał do życia Królestwo Polskie, rozpoczęła się dla Warszawy nowa epoka.
      From May 18, 1815, when the Treaty of Vienna brought the Polish Kingdom back to life, a new epoch for Warsaw begun.
    • 2008, Artur III Nadolski, Pani Chłodna (opowieść o warszawskiej ulicy):
      W takiej atmosferze rewolucyjnego września opuszczał na zawsze Warszawę i Ojczyznę Fryderyk Chopin.
      In this revolutionist atmosphere of September, Frederyk Chopin left Warsaw and his fatherland forever.
  2. Warsaw (the capital and largest city of the Masovian Voivodeship, Poland)
  3. (government, metonymically) Warsaw (Polish presidency and its administration)
    stosunki między Warszawą a Berlinemrelations between Warsaw and Berlin
  4. (government, metonymically) Warsaw authorities
    miasto stołeczne Warszawathe capital city of Warsaw
  5. (collective, metonymically) Warsaw residents
    pomoc dla Warszawyaid to Warsaw
  6. (colloquial, metonymically, sports) sports team from Warsaw
    zremisować z Warszawąto tie with Warsaw
  7. FSO Warszawa (line of cars manufactured in Warsaw between 1951 and 1973)
    taksówka marki „Warszawa”“Warsaw” brand cab
    • 2010, Aleksander Sowa, Legendy naszej motoryzacji:
      W 1958 roku Warszawę wyposażono już w dwuramienną kierownicę.
      In 1958, the warsaw was equipped with a two-armed steering wheel.

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References

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  1. ^ Kazimierz Rymut (1987) “Warszawa”, in Nazwy miast Polski (in Polish), Wrocław: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo
  2. ^ Maciołek, Marcin (2017) U źródeł słów[1], Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersystetu Śląskiego, page 199
  3. ^ Makarski, Władysław (2004) “View of Maria Malec, Słownik etymologiczny nazw geograficznych Polski”, in Roczniki Humanistyczne, volume 52, page 218

Further reading

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  • Warszawa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Warszawa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Warszawa in PWN's encyclopedia

Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Polish Warszawa, from Old Polish. See there for more.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /varˈʂɑːˌva/, [va̠ɹˈʂɑ̂ːvâ̠]

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Warszawa n (genitive Warszawas)

  1. Warsaw (the capital city of Poland)

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