warsaw

¹

[wawr-saw]

noun

1. Also called warsaw grouper. a large grouper, Epinephelus nigritus, found in the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

2. the jewfish, Epinephelus itajara, found off both coasts of tropical America.

Warsaw

²

[wawr-saw]

noun

1. Polish Warszawa. a city in and the capital of Poland, in the E central part, on the Vistula River.

2. a town in N Indiana.

Warsaw

/ ˈwɔːsɔː /

noun

1. Polish name: Warszawa. the capital of Poland, in the E central part on the River Vistula: became capital at the end of the 16th century; almost completely destroyed in World War II as the main centre of the Polish resistance movement; rebuilt within about six years; university (1818); situated at the junction of important trans-European routes. Pop: 2 204 000 (2005 est)

Warsaw

1. Capital of Poland and largest city in the country, located in central Poland; the political, cultural, industrial, and transportation center of Poland.

Warsaw has been the capital of Poland since 1596, though it was occupied by the Russians (1813–1815) and the Germans (1915–1918 and 1939–1945).

During World War II, half a million Jews (see also Jews) living in the Warsaw Jewish ghetto were exterminated by the Germans.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Warsaw¹

1880–85, < Spanish guasa

Example Sentences

Our reviewer, Andrew Nagorski, called Ms. Mulley’s interest in women’s wartime feats “infectious and mesmerizing” and noted Zawacka’s dauntlessness: During the Warsaw Uprising, she “coordinated supply deliveries and care for the wounded while constantly exposing herself to danger.”

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A month later, a second Ukrainian suspect was detained at his home close to Poland's capital Warsaw on another arrest warrant issued by Germany.

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He said Poland had become a sort of testing ground for such acts, with recent fires at a shopping mall and the incursion into Poland of several Russian drones in what Warsaw called a test of its defenses.

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One of them attached a steel clamp over the weekend to a line of railway track near the village of Mika, roughly 62 miles south of the capital Warsaw, with the aim of causing the train to derail.

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The following morning, a passenger train traveling between Warsaw and the eastern city of Lublin was forced to make an emergency stop after damage was spotted on the tracks.

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