Lądek

Polish

Etymology

Sense #3 is derived from a situational gag in the cult comedy Miś, where a post office clerk refuses to send a telegram, saying that "There is no such city as London. There is Lądek, Lądek-Zdrój...", maliciously pretending not to realize that the customer wants to send the telegram to England.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔn.dɛk/

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• Rhymes: -ɔndɛk
• Syllabification: Lą‧dek

Proper noun

Lądek m inan

1. Lądek, Słupca County, a village in the Greater Poland Voivodeship
2. the commune (gmina) surrounding the above village
3. (slang, humorous) London

Declension

Declension of Lądek

	singular
nominative	Lądek
genitive	Lądka
dative	Lądkowi
accusative	Lądek
instrumental	Lądkiem
locative	Lądku
vocative	Lądku

Further reading

• Lądek in Polish dictionaries at PWN