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Zabrze

American  
[zahb-zhe] / ˈzɑb ʒɛ /

noun

  1. a city in SW Poland: formerly in Germany.


Zabrze British  
/ ˈzabʒɛ /

noun

  1. German name: Hindenburg.  a city in SW Poland: a Prussian and German town from 1742 until 1945, when it passed to Poland; industrial centre in a coal-mining region. Pop: 189 656 (2007 est)

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Probierz, who will be 51 on Sunday, previously coached a string of teams including Greek side Aris Salonika and Polish clubs Gornik Zabrze, Widzew Lodz and Jagiellonia Bialystok.

From Washington Times Sep. 20, 2023

Krzysztof Maj, Gornik's sporting director at the time, always welcomed him to Zabrze with open arms, and the two became close friends.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2021

Young scored the winning goal at Wembley and scored again in the 1970 European Cup-Winners' Cup final in Vienna, where City beat Gornik Zabrze 2‑1.

From The Guardian Jan. 11, 2011

That feat evoked memories of Tottenham’s similar comeback from a three-goal deficit against the Polish club Gornik Zabrze in September 1961.

From New York Times Aug. 27, 2010

Gomulka himself, in a recent speech to coal miners at Zabrze, admitted that because of fodder shortages, meat-loving Poland this year has fattened 205,000 fewer cows and 910,000 fewer hogs than last year.

From Time Magazine Archive

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