Bielsko

Polish
Miasto Bielsko na pocztówce z roku 1915.
The city of Bielsko on a postcard from 1915.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbjɛl.skɔ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛlskɔ
  • Syllabification: Biel‧sko

Etymology 1

From Biała, a tributary of the Vistula.

Proper noun

Bielsko n

  1. A former city in the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. Now part of Bielsko-Biała
  2. (colloquial) Bielsko-Biała
Declension
Declension of Bielsko
singular
nominative Bielsko
genitive Bielska
dative Bielsku
accusative Bielsko
instrumental Bielskiem
locative Bielsku
vocative Bielsko
Derived terms
adjective
nouns
proper noun

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish biel (“swamp”).[1]

Proper noun

Bielsko n

  1. A village in the Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
Declension
Declension of Bielsko
singular
nominative Bielsko
genitive Bielska
dative Bielsku
accusative Bielsko
instrumental Bielskiem
locative Bielsku
vocative Bielsko
Derived terms
adjective
nouns

Etymology 3

From the river Biała +‎ -sko.[2]

Proper noun

Bielsko n

  1. A village in Międzychód County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
  2. A village in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
  3. A village in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Declension
Declension of Bielsko
singular
nominative Bielsko
genitive Bielska
dative Bielsku
accusative Bielsko
instrumental Bielskiem
locative Bielsku
vocative Bielsko
Derived terms
adjective
nouns

See also

References
  1. Kazimierz Rymut, Urszula Bijak, Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch, editors (1996), “Bielsko 2”, in Nazwy miejscowe Polski: historia, pochodzenie, zmiany‎ (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Języka Polskiego PAN, →ISBN, page 181
  2. Kazimierz Rymut, Urszula Bijak, Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch, editors (1996), “Bielsko 1”, in Nazwy miejscowe Polski: historia, pochodzenie, zmiany‎ (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Języka Polskiego PAN, →ISBN, page 181

Further reading
  • Bielsko in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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