Goraj

See also: Góraj

Polish

Etymology

From *goraj (hilly place); compare góra (mountain).[1] The surnames are taken from the location.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔ.raj/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔraj
  • Syllabification: Go‧raj

Proper noun

Goraj m pers

  1. a male surname

Declension

Proper noun

Goraj f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname

Proper noun

Goraj m inan (related adjective gorajski)

  1. Goraj (a town in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland)
  2. Goraj (a village in the Gmina of Przytoczna, Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland)
  3. Goraj (a village in the Gmina of Lubasz, Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Kazimierz Rymut, Urszula Bijak, Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch, editors (1999), “Goraj”, in Nazwy miejscowe Polski: historia, pochodzenie, zmiany (in Polish), volume 3, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Języka Polskiego PAN, →ISBN, page 243

Further reading

  • Goraj in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Goraj in PWN's encyclopedia
  • Goraj”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022