Gorzów Wielkopolski

See also: Gorzow Wielkopolski

English

Alternative forms

• Gorzow Wielkopolski (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Gorzów Wielkopolski.

Proper noun

Gorzów Wielkopolski

1. One of two capitals of Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland.

Translations

city

• German: Landsberg an der Warthe n
• Polish: Gorzów Wielkopolski (pl) m inan

Polish

Gorzów Wielkopolski

Etymology

Literally, “Greater Poland Gorzów”. Renamed after World War II as a calque of German Landsberg an der Warthe by analogy to Gorzów Śląski, which had a well-established, historic German name of Landsberg in Oberschlesien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔ.ʐuv vjɛl.kɔˈpɔl.ski/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlski

Proper noun

Gorzów Wielkopolski m inan (related adjective gorzowski, abbreviation Gorzów Wlkp.)

1. Gorzów Wielkopolski (the capital city of the Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension

Declension of Gorzów Wielkopolski

	singular
nominative	Gorzów Wielkopolski
genitive	Gorzowa Wielkopolskiego
dative	Gorzowowi Wielkopolskiemu
accusative	Gorzów Wielkopolski
instrumental	Gorzowem Wielkopolskim
locative	Gorzowie Wielkopolskim
vocative	Gorzowie Wielkopolski

Derived terms

adjective

• podgorzowski

 

nouns

• gorzowianin
• gorzowianka

 

Related terms

nouns

• Gorzów
• Gorzów Śląski

 

Further reading

• Gorzów Wielkopolski in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Gorzów Wielkopolski in Polish dictionaries at PWN