Świętokrzyskie

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Świętokrzyskie.

Świętokrzyskie

1. A mountain range in Poland.

   Synonym: Holy Cross Mountains

2. A voivodeship located in southern Poland.

   Synonym: Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

Ellipsis of Góry Świętokrzyskie (literally “mountains of the Holy Cross”), from góry and świętokrzyskie, a compound of święty (“holy”) +‎ -o- +‎ krzyż (“cross”) +‎ -ski (adjectival suffix) +‎ -e (nonvirile plural suffix reinterpreted as neuter singular).

• IPA^(key): /ɕfjɛn.tɔˈkʂɘs.kjɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɘskjɛ
• Syllabification: Świę‧to‧krzys‧kie

Świętokrzyskie n

1. (nominalized) a mountain range in southern Poland, sometimes known in English as Holy Cross

   Synonym: Góry Świętokrzyskie

2. (nominalized) a voivodeship of southern Poland, named after the mountain range

• Świętokrzyskie in Polish dictionaries at PWN