gmina

English

Etymology

From Polish gmina, from Middle High German gemeine, gemeinde. Doublet of mean, common, and commune.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈmiːnə/, /ˈɡmiːnə/

Noun

gmina (plural gminas)

1. commune; municipality; township; the smallest administrative territorial division and the first level of regional government in Poland

Anagrams

• Magin, Nigam, gamin, magni-, migan, minga

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Polish

Etymology

Later 16th century, from German Gemeine, archaic variant of Gemeinde, from Middle High German gemeine (“commune, community”), from Old High German gimeinī, derived from Proto-Germanic *gamainiz (“general, common”), whence English mean (“average, base, unkind”). Through Proto-Indo-European eventually also related with English common, community.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡmi.na/

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: gmi‧na

Noun

gmina f

1. commune; municipality; township; the first level of local government in Poland, below powiat and województwo
2. kahal; organized Jewish religious community (usually disambiguated as gmina żydowska)

   Synonym: kahał

Declension

Declension of gmina

	singular	plural
nominative	gmina	gminy
genitive	gminy	gmin
dative	gminie	gminom
accusative	gminę	gminy
instrumental	gminą	gminami
locative	gminie	gminach
vocative	gmino	gminy

Descendants

• → English: gmina
• → Ukrainian: ґміна (gmina)

Further reading

• gmina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gmina in Polish dictionaries at PWN