Olsztyn

American

[awl-shtin] / ˈɔl ʃtɪn /

noun

a city in northeastern Poland.

Olsztyn British

/ ˈɔlʃtin /

noun

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

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

"I live in a beautiful place, I can easily take 10 people... However, nobody wants to come to Olsztyn. They don't want to be near the Russians, and it is not far to the border."

From Reuters

“I think that virtual conferences are only temporary,” says Świgoń, who is at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland.

From Nature

So far, officials have sent the alcohol to the University Clinical Hospital and the Provincial Specialist Children's Hospital in Olsztyn, and the state fire service.

From Fox News

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