Sosnowiec

American  

[saws-naw-vyets] / sɔsˈnɔ vyɛts /

noun

1. a city in S Poland.

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Sosnowiec British  

/ sɔsˈnɔvjɛts /

noun

1. an industrial town in S Poland. Pop: 223 284 (2007 est)

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Example Sentences

The youngest of eight children, he was born into a Hasidic family as Lejzor Gastfrajnd on March 20, 1925, and grew up in Wodzislaw and later Sosnowiec, Poland, near the German border.

From The Wall Street Journal

When all remaining Jews in Sosnowiec were ordered to report to a stadium in August 1942, many of them showed up “as if they were going to a picnic,” Gastfriend wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Vatican didn’t give a reason for why Bishop Grzegorz Kaszak was resigning as head of the diocese of Sosnowiec, in southwestern Poland.

From Seattle Times

The Vatican embassy in Poland said a temporary administrator, Archbishop Adrian Galbas of Katowice, would run the diocese of Sosnowiec until a new bishop is named.

From Seattle Times

Polish news media reported that he played with the national hockey team, Zaglebie Sosnowiec.

From New York Times