Poland
See also: Póland
English
Etymology
1560s. From Pole + land, from German Pole, singular of Polen, from Polish Polanie (“Poles”, literally “field dwellers”), from Proto-Slavic *poljane, plural of *poljaninъ (“field dweller”), from *polje (“field”) + *-ěninъ.
Proper noun
Poland
- A country in Eastern or Central Europe (varies with sources). Official name: Republic of Poland.
Translations
European country
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Related terms
See also
- Appendix:Place names in Poland
- (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
- Appendix:Countries of the world
References
- “Poland” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
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