Gorzów Wielkopolski

• Gorzow Wielkopolski (rare)

Borrowed from Polish Gorzów Wielkopolski.

Gorzów Wielkopolski

1. One of two capitals of Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland.

Literally, “Greater Poland Gorzów”. Renamed after World War II as a calque of German Landsberg an der Warthe by analogy to Gorzów Śląski, which had a well-established, historic German name of Landsberg in Oberschlesien.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔ.ʐuf vjɛl.kɔˈpɔl.ski/

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• Syllabification: Go‧rzów Wiel‧ko‧pol‧ski

Gorzów Wielkopolski m inan (related adjective gorzowski, abbreviation Gorzów Wlkp.)

1. Gorzów Wielkopolski (the capital city of Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland)

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