Warszawa

See also: warszawa, warszawą, and Warszawą

English

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 Warszawaubor.

English Warszawa

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Warszawa. Doublet of Warsaw.

Proper noun

Warszawa

1. (uncommon) Synonym of Warsaw: the capital city of Poland; the capital city of Masovian Voivodeship.
   • 1942 June, Antoni Gronowicz, translated by Jessie McEwen, “Village”, in Bolek, Edinburgh; New York, N.Y.; Toronto, Ont.: Thomas Nelson and Sons, published August 1944 (2nd printing), →OCLC, page 8:

     Joseph had never been to Warszawa but often, as he stood on the high, chalky banks of the great river, Wisla, and watched it winding its course far away, he dreamed of a journey he would like to make in an airplane.

   • 1973, A. S. Sohi, V. C. Kapoor, “A Note on the Cicadellid, Erythroneura cassiae Ahmed”, in J. M[ichael] Chalmers-Hunt, editor, The Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation, volume 85, Arbroath, Angus: T. Buncle & Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 217–218:

     After comparing with this species, we thought ours as a new species due to the presence of apical aedeagal processes. Later, Dworakowska of Warszawa, Poland, suggested that ours is the same as that of Ahmed, and this character might have been missed by him.

   • 2019, Irina Rodica Rabeja, “Scientific Work Years”, in Marie Sklodowska Curie: Her Contribution to Science, Sydney, N.S.W.: Irina Rabeja, →ISBN, page 64:

     Marie Curie was never a Polish citizen, though her family were Polish nationalists. At the time of her departure from Warszawa, the Polish state simply did not exist.

Danish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Warszawa, from Old Polish. See there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑˈsjaːva/, [vɑ̈ˈɕɛːvæ]

Proper noun

Warszawa ?

1. Warsaw (the capital city of Poland)

   Warszawa er hovedstaden i Polen.

   Warsaw is the capital of Poland.

Derived terms

• Warszawapagten c

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• Varsjava (historical, adapted spelling)
• Warschau (historical, from German)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Warszawa, from Old Polish. See there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑrˈʃɑːvɑ/, [vɑˈʂ(ː)ɑ̀ːvɑ̌]

Proper noun

Warszawa

1. Warsaw (the capital city of Poland)

Derived terms

• Warszawapakten m or f

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Varsjava (alternative spelling)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Warszawa, from Old Polish. See there for more.

Proper noun

Warszawa ?

1. Warsaw (the capital city of Poland)

Derived terms

• Warszawapakta f

Polish

Warszawa

Alternative forms

• Warszewa, Warszowa (Middle Polish)

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 Warszawa

Inherited from Old Polish Warszewa with -e- replaced by -a- due to hypercorrection or assimilation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /varˈʂa.va/

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• Rhymes: -ava
• Syllabification: War‧sza‧wa
• Homophone: warszawa

Proper noun

Warszawa f (related adjective warszawski, demonym warszawiak, female demonym warszawianka)

1. Warsaw (the capital and largest city of Poland)

   Warszawa lat wojny i okupacji ― Warsaw of the war and occupation years

   • 1854, Leon Potocki, Święcone, czyli Pałac Potockich w Warszawie:

     Arcybiskupowi przeznaczono rocznéj pensyi 140,000 franków, prócz pieniędzy na reprezentacyą; gdyż cesarz w udzielonych mu instrukcyach chciał, aby w Warszawie wielki dom prowadził.

     The archbishop was allowed a yearly pension of 140,000 franks, in addition to the money for representation; where as the emperor, as in his conferred instructions, wanted him to lead a great house in Warsaw.

   • 1964, Adam Szczypiorski, Ćwierć wieku Warszawy, 1806–1830:

     Od daty 18 maja 1815 roku, kiedy traktat wiedeński powołał do życia Królestwo Polskie, rozpoczęła się dla Warszawy nowa epoka.

     From May 18, 1815, when the Treaty of Vienna brought the Polish Kingdom back to life, a new epoch for Warsaw begun.

   • 2008, Artur III Nadolski, Pani Chłodna (opowieść o warszawskiej ulicy):

     W takiej atmosferze rewolucyjnego września opuszczał na zawsze Warszawę i Ojczyznę Fryderyk Chopin.

     In this revolutionist atmosphere of September, Frederyk Chopin left Warsaw and his fatherland forever.

2. Warsaw (the capital and largest city of Masovian Voivodeship, Poland)
3. (government, metonymic) Warsaw (Polish presidency and its administration)

   stosunki między Warszawą a Berlinem ― relations between Warsaw and Berlin

4. (government, metonymic) Warsaw authorities

   miasto stołeczne Warszawa ― the capital city of Warsaw

5. (collective, metonymic) Warsaw residents

   pomoc dla Warszawy ― aid to Warsaw

6. (colloquial, metonymic, sports) sports team from Warsaw

   zremisować z Warszawą ― to tie with Warsaw

7. FSO Warszawa (line of cars manufactured in Warsaw between 1951 and 1973)

   taksówka marki „Warszawa” ― “Warsaw” brand cab

   • 2010, Aleksander Sowa, Legendy naszej motoryzacji:

     W 1958 roku Warszawę wyposażono już w dwuramienną kierownicę.

     In 1958, the Warsaw was equipped with a two-armed steering wheel.

Declension

Declension of Warszawa

	singular
nominative	Warszawa
genitive	Warszawy
dative	Warszawie
accusative	Warszawę
instrumental	Warszawą
locative	Warszawie
vocative	Warszawo

Derived terms

nouns

• warszawa
• warszawiak
• warszawianin
• warszawianka
• Warszawianka
• warszawista
• warszawistka
• warszawizm
• warszawka
• Warszawka

Related terms

adjectives

• warszawowski

nouns

• warszawowskość

Descendants

• → Belarusian: Варша́ва (Varšáva)
• → Bulgarian: Варша́ва (Varšáva)
• → Czech: Varšava
• → Danish: Warszawa
• → English: Warsaw, Warszawa
• → German: Warschau
  • → Dutch: Warschau
    • → Afrikaans: Warschau
  • → Icelandic: Varsjá
  • → Luxembourgish: Warschau
• → Hungarian: Varsó
• → Japanese: ワルシャワ
• → Korean: 바르샤바 (bareusyaba), 와르샤와 (wareusyawa)
• → Latin: Varsovia
  • Catalan: Varsòvia
  • French: Varsovie
  • Galician: Varsovia
  • Italian: Varsavia
  • Portuguese: Varsóvia
  • Romanian: Varșovia
  • Spanish: Varsovia
• → Latvian: Varšava
• → Lithuanian: Varšuva
• → Norwegian Bokmål: Warszawa
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: Warszawa
• → Russian: Варша́ва (Varšáva)
  • → Kyrgyz: Варшава (Varşava)
  • → Mongolian: Варшав (Varšav)
• → Serbo-Croatian: Varšava, Варшава
• → Slovak: Varšava
• → Slovene: Varšava
• → Swedish: Warszawa
• → Ukrainian: Варша́ва (Varšáva)

Further reading

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

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Varsjava (historical, adapted spelling)
• Warsau (historical, from German)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Warszawa, from Old Polish. See there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /varˈʂɑːˌva/, [va̠ɹˈʂɑ̂ːvâ̠]

Proper noun

Warszawa n (genitive Warszawas)

1. Warsaw (the capital city of Poland)

Derived terms

• Warszawapakten c

Volapük

Etymology

From German Warschau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /varˈʃav/

Proper noun

Warszawa

1. Warsaw (the capital city of Poland; the capital city of Masovian Voivodeship)

Declension

Declension of Warszawa

	Singular
Nominative	Warszawa
Genitive	Warszawaa
Dative	Warszawae
Accusative	Warszawai
Predicative1	Warszawau
Vocative	o Warszawa

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Further reading

• Warszawa on the Volapük Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^vo