warsaw

¹ American  

[wawr-saw] / ˈwɔr sɔ /

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.

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Warsaw ² American  

[wawr-saw] / ˈwɔr sɔ /

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.

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Warsaw British  

/ 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)

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Warsaw Cultural  

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

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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.

Etymology

Origin of warsaw

1880–85, < Spanish guasa

Example Sentences

His instructions, many of which I have seen, were to collect the boxes and send them on to addresses in London, Birmingham and Warsaw using the DHL and DPD courier companies.

From BBC

His wife then drove him on to DPD to post the remaining two parcels to Warsaw.

From BBC

Two more suspicious parcels were sent from Warsaw to the US and Canada, then another two from Amsterdam to the same addresses.

From BBC

A half-dozen passenger jets flying to Dubai from capitals including London, Warsaw and Moscow were kept in holding patterns for almost half an hour waiting out a strike.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tikhanovskaya originally went to Lithuania but confirmed that she is moving to Warsaw.

From Barron's