warszawa
/wˌɑɹʃˈɑwˌɑ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Synonym of Warsaw: the capital city of Poland; the capital city of Masovian Voivodeship.
Example Sentences
- "Joseph had never been to Warszawa but often, as he stood on the high, chalky banks of the great river, Wisla, and watched it winding its course far away, he dreamed of a journey he would like to make in an airplane."
- "After comparing with this species, we thought ours as a new species due to the presence of apical aedeagal processes. Later, Dworakowska of Warszawa, Poland, suggested that ours is the same as that of Ahmed, and this character might have been missed by him."
- "Marie Curie was never a Polish citizen, though her family were Polish nationalists. At the time of her departure from Warszawa, the Polish state simply did not exist."
Etymology
Etymology tree Old Polish Warcisław Old Polish -sz Old Polish Warsz Proto-Indo-European *-usder. Proto-Indo-European *-osder. Proto-Slavic *-ovъ Old Polish -owy Old Polish *warszewy Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *wiśis Proto-Slavic *vь̀sь Old Polish wieś Old Polish *warszewa wieśellip. Old Polish Warszewa Polish Warszawaubor. English Warszawa Unadapted borrowing from Polish Warszawa. Doublet of Warsaw.