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Poland

Etymology

From the name of the West Slavic tribe Polans (in Polish: Polanie) from Old Slavic pole, precursor of Polish pole (“field”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊ.lənd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊ.lənd/

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Proper noun

Poland

1. A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Poland.

Translations

European country

• Afrikaans: Pole
• Albanian:

  Tosk: Polonia (sq) f

• Arabic: بولندا f (bulánda)
• Armenian: Լեհաստան (Lehastan)
• Asturian: Polonia (ast) f
• Azeri: Polşa (az)
• Basque: Polonia (eu)
• Belarusian: Польшча (Pol'šča)
• Bengali: পোল্যান্ড (polyanḑ)
• Breton: Polonia
• Bulgarian: Полша (bg) f (Pólša)
• Burmese: ပုိလန္ (polã)
• Catalan: Polònia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波蘭, 波兰 (zh) (Bōlán)

• Crimean Tatar: Lehistan, Poloniya
• Czech: Polsko (cs) n
• Danish: Polen (da)
• Dutch: Polen (nl) n
• Esperanto: Pollando (eo), Polujo
• Estonian: Poola (et)
• Faroese: Pólland n
• Finnish: Puola (fi)
• French: Pologne (fr) f
• Galician: Polonia (gl) f
• Georgian: პოლონეთი (polonet’i)
• German: Polen (de) n
• Greek: Πολωνία (el) f (Polonía)
• Gujarati: પોલેંડ (poleṇḍ)
• Hawaiian: Pōlani
• Hebrew: פולין (polin), פולניה f (polania)
• Hindi: पोलैंड (polaiṇḍ)
• Hungarian: Lengyelország (hu)
• Icelandic: Pólland (is)
• Indonesian: Polandia
• Interlingua: Polonia
• Irish: An Pholainn f, Poblacht na Polainne f
• Italian: Polonia (it) f
• Japanese: ポーランド (ja) (Pōrando)
• Jèrriais: Polongne f
• Kannada: ಪೋಲೆಂಡ್ (kn) (poleṇḍ)
• Kashubian: Pòlskô (csb) f
• Kazakh: Польша (Polʹşa)
• Khmer: ប៉ូឡូញ (po lonh)
• Korean: 폴란드 (ko) (Pollandeu)
• Kyrgyz: Польша (Polʹşa)
• Lao: ໂປແລັນ (pōlæn)
• Latin: Polonia (la) f
• Latvian: Polija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Lenkija (lt)

• Livonian: Pūoļmō
• Luxembourgish: Polen (lb) n
• Macedonian: Полска (mk) f (Pólska)
• Malay: Poland
• Malayalam: പോളണ്ട് (pōḷaṇṭ)
• Maltese: Polonja f
• Maori: Pōrana (mi)
• Marathi: पोलंड (polaṇḍ)
• Mongolian: Польш (Polʹš)
• Navajo: Póolish Dineʼé bikéyah
• Nepali: पोल्याण्ड (polyāṇḍ)
• Norman: Polongne f
• Northern Sami: Polen
• Norwegian: Polen (no)
• Occitan: Polonha (oc) f
• Persian: لهستان (fa) (Lahestân)
• Polish: Polska (pl) f
• Portuguese: Polónia (pt) f (Portugal), Polônia (pt) f (Brazil)
• Romanian: Polonia (ro) f
• Romansch: Pologna f
• Russian: Польша (ru) f (Pól’ša)
• Sanskrit: पोलैंड (polaiṇḍa)
• Scottish Gaelic: A' Phòlainn f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Пољска f

  Roman: Poljska f

• Silesian: Polsko
• Sinhalese: පෝලන්‍තය (pōlan‍taya)
• Slovak: Poľsko n
• Slovene: Póljska f
• Spanish: Polonia (es) f
• Swahili: Polandi (sw), Upoli
• Swedish: Polen (sv)
• Tagalog: Poland
• Tajik: Лаҳистон (Lahiston)
• Tamil: போலந்து (pōlantu)
• Tatar: Польша (Pol'şa)
• Telugu: పోలాండ్ (te) (polāṇḍ)
• Thai: โปแลนด์ (th) (bpohlaen)
• Turkish: Polonya (tr), Lehistan (tr)
• Turkmen: Polşa
• Ukrainian: Польща (uk) f (Pól’šča)
• Upper Sorbian: Pólska (hsb)
• Urdu: پولینڈ (polaiṇḍ)
• Uzbek: Polsha (uz)
• Veps: Pol'šanma
• Vietnamese: Ba Lan (波蘭)
• Vilamovian: Pöłn
• Welsh: Gwlad Pwyl (cy)
• West Frisian: Poalen n
• Yiddish: פּוילן n (Poyln)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Poland
• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City ^{(Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of Europe)}
• Appendix:Countries of the world