| applet-magic.com Thayer Watkins Silicon Valley & Tornado Alley USA |
|---|
|
|
Place names in Poland do not typically have a literal meaning. Some do as is shown in the table below:
| Province | >Literal Meaning |
|---|---|
| Zielona Góra | Green Mountain |
| Jelenia Góra | Deer Mountain |
| Pi | Saw |
| Fishing Boat | |
| Piotrków | Peters |
| Che | Helmet |
| Bia | White Slope |
| Bia | White Forrest |
| City | Origin of Name |
|---|---|
| Gdansk | Swampy Region |
| Bialystok | White Slope |
| Olstyn | from German Holstein |
| Poznan | Settlement |
| Szczecin | Peak |
The Polish names of a few geographic features are given below along with the words for the cardinal directions.
| Geographic Feature |
Polish Term |
|---|---|
| River | Rzeka |
| Mountain | Góra |
| Mountain Pass | Prze Ciag |
| Sea | Morze |
| Direction | Polish Term |
|---|---|
| North | Pó |
| South | Pó |
| East | Wshód |
| West | Zachód |
|
HOME PAGE OF Thayer Watkins |