warsaw

¹

[wawr-saw]

noun

1. Also called warsaw grouper. a large grouper, Epinephelus nigritus, found in the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

2. the jewfish, Epinephelus itajara, found off both coasts of tropical America.

Warsaw

²

[wawr-saw]

noun

1. Polish Warszawa. a city in and the capital of Poland, in the E central part, on the Vistula River.

2. a town in N Indiana.

Warsaw

/ ˈwɔːsɔː /

noun

1. Polish name: Warszawa. the capital of Poland, in the E central part on the River Vistula: became capital at the end of the 16th century; almost completely destroyed in World War II as the main centre of the Polish resistance movement; rebuilt within about six years; university (1818); situated at the junction of important trans-European routes. Pop: 2 204 000 (2005 est)

Warsaw

1. Capital of Poland and largest city in the country, located in central Poland; the political, cultural, industrial, and transportation center of Poland.

Warsaw has been the capital of Poland since 1596, though it was occupied by the Russians (1813–1815) and the Germans (1915–1918 and 1939–1945).

During World War II, half a million Jews (see also Jews) living in the Warsaw Jewish ghetto were exterminated by the Germans.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Warsaw¹

1880–85, < Spanish guasa

Example Sentences

WARSAW—For weeks, drones have been mysteriously appearing in European skies, closing airports from Warsaw to Munich.

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“Deterring Russia should not be beyond our capacity,” said Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum last week.

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Kazakhstan is also organizing itself and has a very interesting role in this growing Middle Corridor that moves goods from the Far East and goes all the way to Warsaw.

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Here’s an example from elsewhere: In 2020, after the Polish government stripped its judges of procedural power and independence, they donned their legal regalia and took to the streets of Warsaw, along with hundreds of jurists from 22 European countries and about 30,000 citizens in a mass protest that came to be called the 1,000 Robes March.

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German prosecutors investigating the attack issued their first arrest warrant in August 2024, naming the man as Volodymyr Z. Reports at the time said he was a diving instructor living in Pruszkow, south-east of Warsaw, but authorities had been unable to find him.

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