Krakow

• Cracow, Kraków (common variants)
• Cracov, Krakau (rare or obsolete)

Borrowed from Middle English crakou, crawcow.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹækaʊ/, /ˈkɹɑkaʊ/, /ˈkɹækoʊ/, /ˈkɹɑkoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹækaʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Krakow

2. A city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole.