Opole

See also: opole, Opolė, Ôpole, and Òpòle

English

Alternative forms

• Oppeln (pre-1945)

Proper noun

Opole

1. A city in southern Poland in Silesia

Translations

city in southern Poland

• Belarusian: Апо́ле n (Apólje)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奥波莱 (zh) (Àobōlái)

• Czech: Opolí (cs) n
• German: Oppeln n, Opole (de) n
• Kashubian: Òpòle n
• Lithuanian: Opolė f
• Polish: Opole (pl) n
• Russian: Опо́ле n (Opóle)
• Silesian: Ôpole n
• Slovak: Opole n
• Ukrainian: Опо́ле n (Opóle)

Anagrams

• Poole

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈpoːlə/

Proper noun

Opole n (proper noun, genitive Opoles or (optionally with an article) Opole)

1. Alternative form of Oppeln [since late 20th c.]

Polish

Opole

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish Opole, from opole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈpɔ.lɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlɛ
• Syllabification: O‧po‧le
• Homophone: opole

Proper noun

Opole n (related adjective opolski)

1. Opole (the capital city of the Opole Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension

Declension of Opole

	singular
nominative	Opole
genitive	Opola
dative	Opolu
accusative	Opole
instrumental	Opolem
locative	Opolu
vocative	Opole

Derived terms

nouns

• opolanin
• opolanka

 

Related terms

nouns

• Opolskie
• Opolszczyzna

 

Descendants

• → Belarusian: Апо́ле (Apólje)
• → Czech: Opolí
• → English: Opole
• → German: Oppeln
• → Lithuanian: Opolė
• → Russian: Опо́ле (Opóle)
• → Slovak: Opole
• → Ukrainian: Опо́ле (Opóle)

Further reading

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