Warsaw

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Polish Warcisław

Old Polish -sz

Old Polish Warsz

Proto-Indo-European *-usder.

Proto-Indo-European *-osder.

Proto-Slavic *-ovъ

Old Polish -owy

Old Polish *warszewy

Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *wiśis

Proto-Slavic *vь̀sь

Old Polish wieś

Old Polish *warszewa wieśellip.

Old Polish Warszewa

Polish Warszawabor.

English Warsaw

Ultimately from Old Polish Warszewa. Doublet of Warszawa. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “When first attested? Through German?”)

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːsɔː/
Audio (UK): (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔɹsɑ/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɔː

Proper noun

Warsaw (countable and uncountable, plural Warsaws)

The capital city of Poland; the capital city of Masovian Voivodeship.
Synonym: Warszawa
(metonymic) The Polish government.
A city, the county seat of Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States.
A home rule city, the county seat of Gallatin County, Kentucky, United States.
A city, the county seat of Benton County, Missouri, United States.
A village, the county seat of Wyoming County, New York, United States.
A town, the county seat of Richmond County, Virginia, United States.
A habitational surname.

Translations

capital city of Poland

Afrikaans: Warskou
Albanian: Varshavë f, Varshava f (definite)
Amharic: ዋርሶው (warsow)
Arabic: وَارْسُو f (warsō), فَرْصُوفِيَا f (farṣūfiyā), فَارْسُوفِيَا f (fārsūfiyā)
Hijazi Arabic: وارسو f (wārsu)
Armenian: Վարշավա (Varšava)
Aromanian: Varsuvii f Vãrsuvii f, (indefinite), Varsuvia f, Vãrsuvia f (definite)
Asturian: Varsovia (ast), Varxava (ast)
Azerbaijani: Varşava (az)
Basque: Varsovia (eu)
Belarusian: Варша́ва f (Varšáva)
Latin: Varšava f (łacinka)
Bengali: ওয়ার্সা (bn) (ōẇarśa), ভারশাভা (bharśabha)
Breton: Varsovia f
Bulgarian: Варша́ва f (Varšáva)
Burmese: ဝါဆော (wahcau:)
Catalan: Varsòvia (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 華沙 / 华沙 (waa⁴ saa¹)

Mandarin: 華沙 / 华沙 (zh) (Huáshā)
Czech: Varšava (cs) f
Danish: Warszawa (da) n
Dutch: Warschau (nl) n
Esperanto: Varsovio (eo)
Estonian: Varssavi (et)
Faroese: Varsjava f
Finnish: Varsova (fi)
French: Varsovie (fr) f
Frisian:
West Frisian: Warsjau
Galician: Varsovia (gl)
Georgian: ვარშავა (ka) (varšava)
German: Warschau (de) n
Greek: Βαρσοβία (el) f (Varsovía)
Gujarati: વૉર્સો (vŏrso)
Hebrew: וורשה \ וַרְשָׁה f (vársha)
Hindi: वारसॉ (vārsŏ)
Hungarian: Varsó (hu)
Icelandic: Varsjá f
Indonesian: Warsawa
Irish: Vársá
Italian: Varsavia (it) f
Japanese: ワルシャワ (ja) (Warushawa)
Kannada: ವಾರ್ಸಾ (vārsā)
Kashubian: Warszawa f
Kazakh: Варшава (Varşava)
Khmer: វ៉ាសូវី (km) (vaasouvii), វ៉ារស្សាវ៉ា (vaassaavaa)
Korean: 바르샤바 (ko) (Bareusyaba), 와르샤와 (ko) (Wareusyawa) (North Korea)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Warşova (ku)
Kyrgyz: Варшава (ky) (Varşava)
Lao: ວໍຊໍ (wǭ sǭ)
Latin: Varsovia (la) f
Latvian: Varšava f
Lithuanian: Varšuva (lt) f
Macedonian: Варшава (mk) f (Varšava)
Malay: Warsaw
Malayalam: വാഴ്‌സ (vāḻ‌sa)
Maltese: Varsavja f
Marathi: वर्झावा (varjhāvā), वॉरसॉ n (vŏrsŏ)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Варшав (Varšav)

Mongolian script: ᠸᠠᠷᠱᠠᠸᠠ (Waršawa)
Navajo: Wóosoo
Nogai: Аршав (Arşav)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Warszawa (no) n

Nynorsk: Warszawa n
Old Ruthenian: Варша́ва f (Varšáva)
Ossetian: Варшавӕ (Varšavæ)
Pashto: وارسا f (wārsā)
Pennsylvania German: Woarschau
Persian: ورشو (fa) (varšow)
Polish: Warszawa (pl) f
Portuguese: Varsóvia (pt) f
Punjabi: ਵਾਰਸਾ (vārsā)
Romanian: Varșovia (ro)
Cyrillic: Варшовия (Varșovia)
Russian: Варша́ва (ru) f (Varšáva)
Scottish Gaelic: Warszawa
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ва̀ршава f

Latin: Vàršava (sh) f
Silesian: Warszawa
Sinhalese: වෝර්සෝ (wōrsō)
Slovak: Varšava f
Slovene: Varšáva (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Waršawa f

Upper Sorbian: Waršawa f
Spanish: Varsovia (es) f
Swedish: Warszawa (sv) n
Tagalog: Barsobya
Tajik: Варшава (Varšava)
Tamil: வார்சாவா (vārcāvā)
Tatar: Варшава (Warşawa)
Thai: วอร์ซอ (wɔɔ-sɔɔ)
Turkish: Varşova (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: وارشاوه (varşava)
Turkmen: Warşawa
Ukrainian: Варша́ва (uk) f (Varšáva)
Urdu: وارسا (vārsā)
Uyghur: ۋارشاۋا (warshawa)
Uzbek: Varshava
Venetan: Varsavia
Vietnamese: Vác-sa-va
Volapük: Warszawa
Welsh: Warsaw (cy)
Yiddish: וואַרשע f (varshe)

metonym for Polish government

Finnish: Varsova (fi)
Polish: Warszawa (pl) f

any of several localities in USA

Chinese:
Mandarin: 沃索 (Wòsuǒ)
Finnish: Warsaw (fi)

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Warsaw is the 38050^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 583 individuals. Warsaw is most common among White (81.3%) and Black/African American (14.75%) individuals.