Bytom

[bi-tawm]

noun

1. a city in S Poland.

Bytom

/ ˈbitɔm /

noun

1. German name: Beuthen. an industrial city in SW Poland, in Upper Silesia: under Prussian and German rule from 1742 to 1945. Pop: 185 793 (2007 est)

Example Sentences

He spoke as he visited the Central Mining Rescue Station in Bytom, in southern Poland.

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Bytom is still suffering from its last botched attempt to transition from coal in the 1990s.

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Most mines were closed in a post-communist restructuring of Poland’s coal industry between 1996 and 2005, and Bytom’s death spiral began.

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Today, Bytom has the highest unemployment rate among towns in Silesia, Poland’s coal-mining heartland.

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Today, as Bytom’s mayor, Wolosz is fighting again, this time for a share of a new European Union fund designed to shift coal-dependent regions towards a greener economy.

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