Białystok

English

Białystok

Alternative forms

• Bialystok

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Białystok (“white slope”).

Proper noun

Białystok

1. A city, the capital of Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland; largest city in northeastern Poland.

Translations

city

• Armenian: Բելոստոկ (hy) (Belostok)
• Belarusian: Беласто́к m (Bjelastók)
• Bulgarian: Бялисто́к m (Bjalistók)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 比亞韋斯托克／比亚韦斯托克 (zh), 比亚韦斯托克 (zh) (Bǐyǎwéisītuōkè)

• Czech: Bělostok (cs)
• Esperanto: Bjalistoko
• Hebrew: ביאליסטוק
• Japanese: ビャウィストク (Byawisutoku)
• Latvian: Bjalistoka
• Lithuanian: Balstogė f, Bialystokas m, Belostokas m
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• Polish: Białystok (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Bialystok f
• Russian: Белосто́к m (Belostók)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бјалисток m

  Roman: Bjalistok m, Białystok m

• Silesian: Bjołystok m
• Slovak: Białystok m, Bielostok m
• Ukrainian: Білосто́к m (Bilostók)
• Yiddish: ביאַליסטאָק (byalistok), ביאַלאָסטאָק (byalostok)

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Polish

Etymology

From biały +‎ stok.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjaˈwɘs.tɔk/

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• Rhymes: -ɘstɔk
• Syllabification: Bia‧łys‧tok

Proper noun

Białystok m inan

1. A city, the capital of Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland; largest city in northeastern Poland

Declension

Declension of Białystok

	singular
nominative	Białystok
genitive	Białegostoku
dative	Białemustokowi
accusative	Białystok
instrumental	Białymstokiem
locative	Białymstoku
vocative	Białystoku

Derived terms

adjectives

• białostocki
• podbiałostocki

 

nouns

• Białostocczanin
• Białostocczanka
• białostoczanin
• białostoczanka

 

proper noun

• Białostocczyzna

 

Further reading

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