Toruń

See also: torun, Torun, and Toruň

English

Etymology

From Polish Toruń, from Medieval Latin Thorun.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɒrʊnjə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔːruːn(jə)/, /ˈtoʊruːn/

Proper noun

Toruń

A city in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.

Translations

city in north-central Poland

Belarusian: Торунь (Tórunʹ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 托倫 / 托伦 (zh) (Tuōlún)
Czech: Toruň (cs)
German: Toruń (de), Thorn (de)
Hungarian: Toruń (hu), Toronya (archaic)
Kashubian: Torń
Latin: Thorun
Latvian: Toruņa f
Lithuanian: Torunė
Middle High German: Thorun
Polish: Toruń (pl) m
Russian: Торунь (ru) (Torunʹ)
Slovak: Toruň
Ukrainian: Торунь (Torunʹ)

Anagrams

run to, tourn

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Thorun.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ruɲ/
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Rhymes: -ɔruɲ
Syllabification: To‧ruń

Proper noun

Toruń m inan (related adjective toruński)

Toruń (the capital and largest city of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension

Declension of Toruń

	singular
nominative	Toruń
genitive	Torunia
dative	Toruniowi
accusative	Toruń
instrumental	Toruniem
locative	Toruniu
vocative	Toruniu

Derived terms

nouns

toruniak
torunianin
torunianka
toruńczyk
Toruńskie

Descendants

→ Belarusian: То́рунь (Tórunʹ)
→ Czech: Toruň
→ English: Toruń
→ Kashubian: Torń
→ Lithuanian: Torunė
→ Russian: То́рунь (Tórunʹ)
→ Slovak: Toruň
→ Ukrainian: То́рунь (Tórunʹ)

Further reading

Toruń in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
Toruń in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Toruń in PWN's encyclopedia