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Olsztyn

American  
[awl-shtin] / ˈɔl ʃtɪn /

noun

  1. a city in northeastern Poland.


Olsztyn British  
/ ˈɔlʃtin /

noun

  1. a town in NE Poland: founded in 1334 by the Teutonic Knights; communications centre. Pop: 176 000 (2005 est)

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At 10:30 p.m., 16-year-old refugee Anya Vasylyk nervously checks the schedule for a train that will take her mother and grandmother to the northern Polish town of Olsztyn.

From Reuters Mar. 20, 2022

But in the northern Polish city of Olsztyn, just south of the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, Bozena Szymanowska said Ukrainian refugees had stayed away.

From Reuters Mar. 12, 2022

Artur Sobiela, a friend from Skrzypski's hometown of Olsztyn in Poland's northeast, said Skrzypski had traveled to Indonesia numerous times and has many friends there but "isn't on any side of Indonesian-Papua conflict."

From Fox News Sep. 24, 2018

Artur Sobiela, a friend from Skrzypski’s hometown of Olsztyn in Poland’s northeast, said Skrzypski had traveled to Indonesia numerous times and has many friends there but “isn’t on any side of Indonesian-Papua conflict.”

From Seattle Times Sep. 24, 2018

"Ten years ago there was no connection with organised crime," said Piotr Chlebowicz, a criminologist at Warmisko-Mazurski University in Olsztyn.

From The Guardian Apr. 7, 2011

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