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  2. Warsaw - Wikipedia

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    Warsaw, [a] officially the Capital City of Warsaw, [8] [b] is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.27 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous city in ...

  3. List of place names of Polish origin in the United States

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    (pol.)Góra Krzyżanowskiego, a peak named in honor of Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski. [1] Name given by Polish geographer Stefan Jarosz. [2](pol.) Jezioro Piłsudskiego, a lake on Kosciusko Island named in honor of Józef Piłsudski - Polish politician, First Marshall and Prime Minister.

  4. Polish names - Wikipedia

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    A child in Poland is usually given one or two names; Polish registry offices do not register more than two. Among Catholics, who form the vast majority of the population, it is customary to adopt the name of a saint as an informal, third given name at confirmation, however, this does not have any legal effect.

  5. History of Warsaw - Wikipedia

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    1831 map of Warsaw with Lubomirski Ramparts marked in red. Growth of railways turned Warsaw into an important railways hub, as lines were opened to Vienna (1848), Saint Petersburg (1862), Bydgoszcz (1862), Terespol (1867), Kovel (1873), Mlava (1877), Kalisz (1902), along with several shorter lines. In 1875 and 1908, two railway bridges were built.

  6. List of German names for places in Poland - Wikipedia

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    Polish name German name Type Notes Brda: Brahe: River Długie Lang: Lake Kortowskie Kort: Lake Liwa: Liebe: River Łyna: Alle: River Nogat: Nogat: River Noteć: Netze

  7. Names of Poland - Wikipedia

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    An 18th century map labeled "Poland" A Denarius from the 11th century with the Latin name "Polonie". Poland of 11th century under Bolesław I the Brave. Name "Polonia" in 11th century Annales Quedlinburgenses. 11th century „Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum Adam of Bremen note Polans "trans Oddaram sunt Polanos".

  8. Warszawski - Wikipedia

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    Warszawski (Polish pronunciation: [varˈʂaf.skʲi]), feminine: Warszawska is a Polish-language toponymic surname literally meaning "of/from Warsaw". It may by transliterated as Warshavsky / Warshavska, etc. Notable people with this surname include: Adolf Warski (born Jerzy Warszawski; 1868–1937), Polish communist leader, journalist

  9. List of Polish Jews - Wikipedia

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    Icchak Cukierman, leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and fighter of Warsaw Uprising; Dora Diamant (1898–1952), lover of Franz Kafka [19] Israel Epstein, naturalized Chinese journalist and author; Anatol Fejgin, commander of the Stalinist political police; Paweł Finder, leader of the Polish Workers' Party (1943-1944)

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