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Płock

[pwawtsk]
noun
  1. a city in central Poland, on the Vistula River.
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Examples from the Web for plock

Historical Examples

  • I will dine at college with Professor Plock, who is to visit us today.

    Jo's Boys

    Louisa May Alcott

  • We shall soon come to some large islands on this side of Plock.

    The Vultures

    Henry Seton Merriman

  • At Plock, Kosmaroff could learn nothing, for nothing was known there.

    The Vultures

    Henry Seton Merriman

  • Hearing of an inn kept by a person of the name of Plock, I went there, and had the fortune not to meet with any emigrants.

    Lives of Celebrated Women

    Samuel Griswold Goodrich

  • Plock is a large town on the right bank of the Vistula, seventy-three versts from Novogeorgevsk.

British Dictionary definitions for plock

Płock

noun
  1. a town in central Poland, on the River Vistula: several Polish kings are buried in the cathedral: oil refining, petrochemical works. Pop: 130 000 (2005 est)
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