Warsaw

¹ 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 ² 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 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

Warsaw had been asking for the return of the Teutonic Order archives since 1948.

From Barron's

The suspects' activities, which took place this week in Warsaw and the eastern city of Bialystok, included "transmitting photographic documentation of critical infrastructure and key sites for state security."

From Barron's

Following the incidents, Warsaw closed the last Russian consulate on its territory.

From Barron's

Our reviewer, Andrew Nagorski, called Ms. Mulley’s interest in women’s wartime feats “infectious and mesmerizing” and noted Zawacka’s dauntlessness: During the Warsaw Uprising, she “coordinated supply deliveries and care for the wounded while constantly exposing herself to danger.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Tactical or short-range nuclear weapons, many of them built during the Cold War standoff, were pulled back to Russia from Warsaw Pact countries, and other Soviet republics, in the early 1990s.

From Washington Post