Wrocław

See also: Wroclaw

English

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Wrocław

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Alternative forms

Wroclaw

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Wrocław. Doublet of Breslau.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈvɹɔts.wɑf/,^[1] /ˈvɹɔts.lɑf/,^[2] /ˈvɹɔts.lɑv/^[1]
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(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɹɒts.lɑːv/,^[3] /ˈvɹɒts.lɑːf/,^[4] /ˈvɹɒts.wɑːf/(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

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(nonstandard, like "rock law")^[5]^[6] enPR: rŏk′lô, IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒk.lɔː/

Proper noun

Wrocław

The capital and largest city of Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Silesia, in what is now southwestern Poland. (At different points in history, the city has been part of Bohemia, Prussia, Germany, and Poland.)

Synonyms

Breslau

Translations

a city in southwestern Poland

Afrikaans: Wroclaw, Breslau
Albanian: Vroclav m (indefinite), Vroclavi m (definite)
Arabic: فْرُوتْزُوَاف f (frūtzuwāf), فْرُوتْسُوَاف f (frūtsuwāf), رَتُصْلَابَة f (ratuṣlāba)
Armenian: Վրոցլավ (Vrocʻlav)
Azerbaijani: Vrotslav (az)
Basque: Wroclaw
Belarusian: Вро́цлаў m (Vróclaw), Уро́цлаў m (Uróclaw) (Taraškievica)
Bengali: ভ্রৎসওয়াফ (bhrotśōẇaph)
Breton: Wrocław
Bulgarian: Вро́цлав m (Vróclav)
Catalan: Wroclaw, Breslau
Chinese:
Mandarin: 弗羅茨瓦夫 / 弗罗茨瓦夫 (zh) (Fúluócíwǎfū), 布雷斯勞 / 布雷斯劳 (Bùléisīláo) (historical)
Czech: Vratislav (cs) m
Danish: Wroclaw n, Breslau n (historical)
Dutch: Wrocław n, Wroclaw n, Breslau n (historical)
Ecclesiastical Latin: Wratislavia f
Esperanto: Vroclavo
Estonian: Wroclaw, Breslau (historical)
Finnish: Wrocław (fi)
French: Wrocław (fr) m, Breslau (fr) (historical)
Frisian:
West Frisian: Breslau
Galician: Wrocław
Georgian: ვროცლავი (vroclavi)
German: Breslau (de) n, Wrocław (de) n (modern loan from Polish)
East Central German: Brassel (Silesian)
Greek: Βρότσλαβ (Vrótslav)
Hebrew: ורוצלב f (vrotsláv), ברסלאו f (historical)
Hindi: व्रोत्स्वाव (vrotsvāv)
Hungarian: Boroszló (hu)
Icelandic: Wrocław, Breslau (historical)
Indonesian: Wrocław
Italian: Breslavia f
Japanese: ヴロツワフ (Vurotsuwafu), ブレスラウ (Buresurau) (historical)
Javanese: Wrocław
Kashubian: Wrocław m
Kazakh: Вроцлав (Vroclav)
Korean: 브로츠와프 (Beurocheuwapeu), 브레슬라우 (Beureseullau) (historical)
Kyrgyz: Вроцлав (Vrotslav)
Latin: Vratislavia f, Wratislavia f
Latvian: Vroclava f, Breslava f (historical)
Lithuanian: Vroclavas m
Low German:
German Low German: Breslau
Macedonian: Вроцлав m (Vroclav)
Malay: Wrocław
Medieval Latin: Wratislavia f, Wortizlava
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Вроцлав (Vroclav)
Nauruan: Wrocław
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Wrocław n, Breslau n (historical)
Occitan: Wrocław
Polish: Wrocław (pl) m
Portuguese: Breslávia f, Wroclaw f, Breslau f
Quechua: Wrocław
Romanian: Wrocław
Russian: Вро́цлав (ru) m (Vróclav), Бресла́вль m (Breslávlʹ) (historical)
Samogitian: Vruoclavs
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Вроцлав m

Latin: Vroclav m, Wrocław m
Silesian: Wrocław m
Slovak: Vratislav m, Vroclav m
Slovene: Vroclav m, Wrocław m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Wrocław m

Upper Sorbian: Wrocław m
Spanish: Breslavia (es) f
Swedish: Wrocław (sv) n, Breslau n (historical)
Tagalog: Breslavia
Tajik: Вротслав (Vrotslav)
Turkish: Wrocław
Ukrainian: Вро́цлав m (Vróclav), Бресла́вль m (Breslávlʹ) (historical)
Vietnamese: Wrocław
Volapük: Wrocław
Yiddish: ברעסלוי n (bresloy), ברעסלע n (bresle)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “Wrocław”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
^ “Wrocław”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
^ Lonɡman Pronunciation Dictionary (1990) ([1])
^ Cambridge Pronouncing Dictionary
^ Visible Language (1970), page 321
^ [2]

Polish

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Wrocław

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Etymology

From Wrocisław, Wrócisław, or Warcisław, an Old Polish given name, cognate with the Czech Vratislav. The name is derived from wrócić (“to return; archaically: to give back, to defeat a foe, to force to flee”) + -sław (“name, respect, glory, reputation”). Traditionally considered to be named after Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia, the legendary founder of the city. However, this hypothesis is problematic, since the first records of the city's existence are several decades later than the death of Vratislaus I.