Toruń

See also: torun, Torun, and Toruň

English

Etymology

From Polish Toruń, from Medieval Latin Thorun.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɒrʊnjə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔːruːn(jə)/, /ˈtoʊruːn/

Proper noun

Toruń

1. A city in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.

Translations

city in north-central Poland

• Belarusian: Торунь (Tórunʹ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 托倫／托伦 (zh) (Tuōlún)

• Czech: Toruň (cs)
• German: Toruń (de), Thorn (de)
• Hungarian: Toruń (hu), Toronya (archaic)
• Kashubian: Torń
• Latin: Thorun
• Lithuanian: Torunė
• Middle High German: Thorun
• Polish: Toruń (pl) m
• Russian: Торунь (ru) (Torunʹ)
• Slovak: Toruň
• Ukrainian: Торунь (Torunʹ)

Anagrams

• run to, tourn

Polish

Toruń

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Thorun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ruɲ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔruɲ
• Syllabification: To‧ruń

Proper noun

Toruń m inan (related adjective toruński)

1. Toruń (the capital and largest city of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension

Declension of Toruń

	singular
nominative	Toruń
genitive	Torunia
dative	Toruniowi
accusative	Toruń
instrumental	Toruniem
locative	Toruniu
vocative	Toruniu

Derived terms

nouns

• toruniak
• torunianin
• torunianka
• toruńczyk
• Toruńskie

 

Descendants

• → Belarusian: То́рунь (Tórunʹ)
• → Czech: Toruň
• → English: Toruń
• → Kashubian: Torń
• → Lithuanian: Torunė
• → Russian: То́рунь (Tórunʹ)
• → Slovak: Toruň
• → Ukrainian: То́рунь (Tórunʹ)

Further reading

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