Królewiec

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Polish

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Etymology

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From król +‎ -ewiec. Calque of German Königsberg (literally “King's Hill”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kruˈlɛ.vjɛt͡s/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛvjɛt͡s
  • Syllabification: Kró‧le‧wiec

Proper noun

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Królewiec m inan (related adjective królewiecki)

  1. Kaliningrad, Königsberg (a city, the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)
    Synonym: Kaliningrad
  2. Krolevets (a city in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine)

Usage notes

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Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Polish, Czech and Slovak internet users increasingly started referring to Kaliningrad as Królewiec/Královec, mostly jokingly - as part of the Královec Region meme. On May 9th, 2023, the Polish Commission for Standardization of Geographic Names recommended use of the historical Polish name "Królewiec" over Russian "Kaliningrad".[1]

Declension

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Declension of Królewiec
singular
nominative Królewiec
genitive Królewca
dative Królewcowi
accusative Królewiec
instrumental Królewcem
locative Królewcu
vocative Królewcu

References

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  1. ^ Komisja Standaryzacji Nazw Geograficznych poza Granicami Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (2023 May 9) “125. posiedzenie Komisji Standaryzacji Nazw Geograficznych poza Granicami RP”, in gov.pl‎[1], archived from the original on 9 May 2023

Further reading

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