Wrocław

See also: Wroclaw

English

Alternative forms

• Wroclaw

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Wrocław. Doublet of Breslau.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvɹɔts.wɑf/, /ˈvɹɔts.lɑf/, /ˈvɹɔts.lɑv/

• Audio (US)

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɹɒtslɑːv/, /ˈvɹɒtslɑːf/, /ˈvɹɒtswɑːf/
• (nonstandard) like "rock law"

Proper noun

Wrocław

1. A city, located in Silesia in what is now southwestern Poland. (At different points in history, the city has been part of Bohemia, Prussia, Germany, and Poland.)

Synonyms

• Breslau

Translations

a city in southwestern Poland

• Afrikaans: Wroclaw, Breslau
• Albanian: Vroclav m (indefinite), Vroclavi m (definite)
• Arabic: فْرُوتْزُوَاف f (frutzuwaf)
• Armenian: Վրոցլավ (Vrocʻlav)
• Azerbaijani: Vrotslav (az)
• Basque: Wroclaw
• Belarusian: Вро́цлаў m (Vróclaŭ), Уро́цлаў m (Uróclaŭ) (Taraškievica)
• Breton: Wrocław
• Bulgarian: Вро́цлав m (Vróclav)
• Catalan: Wroclaw, Breslau
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 弗羅茨瓦夫／弗罗茨瓦夫 (zh) (Fúluócíwǎfū), 布雷斯勞／布雷斯劳 (Bùléisīláo) (historical)

• Czech: Vratislav (cs) m
• Danish: Wroclaw n, Breslau n (historical)
• Dutch: Wrocław n, Wroclaw n, Breslau n (historical)
• East Central German: Brassel (Silesian)
• Esperanto: Vroclavo
• Estonian: Wroclaw, Breslau (historical)
• Finnish: Wrocław (fi)
• French: Wrocław (fr) m, Breslau (fr) (historical)
• Galician: Wrocław
• Georgian: ვროცლავი (vroclavi)
• German: Breslau (de) n, Wrocław (de) n (modern loan from Polish)
• Greek: Βρότσλαβ (Vrótslav)
• Hebrew: ורוצלב f (vrotsláv), ברסלאו f (historical)
• Hungarian: Boroszló (hu)
• Icelandic: Wrocław, Breslau (historical)
• Indonesian: Wrocław
• Italian: Breslavia f
• Japanese: ヴロツワフ (Vurotsuwafu), ブレスラウ (Buresurau) (historical)
• Javanese: Wrocław
• Kashubian: Wrocław m
• Kazakh: Вроцлав (Vroslav)
• Korean: 브로츠와프 (Beurocheuwapeu), 브레슬라우 (Beureseullau) (historical)
• Kyrgyz: Вроцлав (Vrotslav)
• Latin: Vratislavia, Bratislavia f
• Latvian: Vroclava f, Breslava f (historical)
• Lithuanian: Vroclavas m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Breslau

• Macedonian: Вроцлав m (Vroclav)
• Malay: Wrocław
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Вроцлав (Vroclav)

• Nauruan: Wrocław
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Wrocław n, Breslau n (historical)

• Occitan: Wrocław
• Polish: Wrocław (pl) m
• Portuguese: Breslávia f, Wroclaw f, Breslau f
• Quechua: Wrocław
• Romanian: Wrocław
• Russian: Вро́цлав (ru) m (Vróclav), Бресла́вль m (Breslávlʹ) (historical)
• Samogitian: Vruoclavs
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Вроцлав m

  Roman: Vroclav m, Wrocław m

• Silesian: Wrocław m
• Slovak: Vratislav m, Vroclav m
• Slovene: Vroclav m, Wrocław m
• Sorbian:

  Lower: Wrocław m

  Upper: Wrocław m

• Spanish: Breslavia (es) f
• Swedish: Wrocław (sv) n, Breslau n (historical)
• Tagalog: Breslavia
• Tajik: Вротслав (Vrotslav)
• Turkish: Wrocław
• Ukrainian: Вро́цлав m (Vróclav), Бресла́вль m (Breslávlʹ) (historical)
• Vietnamese: Wrocław
• Volapük: Wrocław
• West Frisian: Breslau
• Yiddish: ברעסלוי n (bresloy), ברעסלע n (bresle)

Polish

Wrocław

Etymology

From Wrocisław, Wrócisław, or Warcisław, an Old Polish given name, cognate with the Czech Vratislav. The name is derived from wrócić (“to return; archaically: to give back, to defeat a foe, to force to flee”) + -sław (“name, respect, glory, reputation”). Traditionally considered to be named after Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia, the legendary founder of the city. However, this hypothesis is problematic, since the first records of the city's existence are several decades later than the death of Vratislaus I.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvrɔ.t͡swaf/

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• Rhymes: -ɔt͡swaf
• Syllabification: Wro‧cław

Proper noun

Wrocław m inan

1. Wrocław (the capital city of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension

Declension of Wrocław

	singular
nominative	Wrocław
genitive	Wrocławia
dative	Wrocławiowi
accusative	Wrocław
instrumental	Wrocławiem
locative	Wrocławiu
vocative	Wrocławiu

Derived terms

adjective

• wrocławski

 

nouns

• wrocławianin
• wrocławianka

 

Further reading

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