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  warsaw

  noun

  a large grouper, Epinephelus nigritus, found in the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
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  Warsaw

  noun

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

warsaw

¹ American  

[wawr-saw] / ˈwɔr sɔ /

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.

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Warsaw ² American  

[wawr-saw] / ˈwɔr sɔ /

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.

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Warsaw British  

/ 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)

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Warsaw Cultural  

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

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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.

Etymology

Origin of warsaw

1880–85, < Spanish guasa

Example Sentences

“That is the goddess Cybele—our most precious object in the Myrmekion collection,” said Tomasz Dziurdzik, chief curator of the ancient art collection at the National Museum in Warsaw, pointing to a terracotta figurine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

"Spatially variable birefringence, that is, the difference in the propagation of different polarizations of light, acts like a synthetic magnetic field," explains Dr. Piotr Kapuściński of the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

That’s the whimsical, charged appeal of the Charli XCX-starring “Erupcja,” a mélange of romance, escape and disruptive coincidence in modern Warsaw from American micro-auteur Pete Ohs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Witness the manner in which trade liberalization in the European Economic Community and its successor, the European Union, brought unparalleled prosperity first to Western Europe and later to the former members of the Warsaw Pact.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

One Jewish family in our building took a barge up the Vistula River to Warsaw, more than one hundred fifty miles to the northeast.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson