Częstochowa

See also: Czestochowa

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Częstochowa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌt͡ʃɛnstəˈkəʊvə/, enPR: chĕn'stə-kōʹvə
  • Rhymes: -əʊvə
  • Hyphenation: Czę‧sto‧cho‧wa

Proper noun

Częstochowa

  1. A city in southern Poland, on the Warta river, with 240,027 inhabitants as of June 2009.

Translations

Polish

Etymology

From the given name Częstoch m + -owa f (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʂɛw̃s.tɔˈxɔ.va/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔva
  • Syllabification: Częs‧to‧cho‧wa

Proper noun

Częstochowa f

  1. Częstochowa (a city in southern Poland)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns
  • częstochowianin
  • częstochowianka

Further reading

  • Częstochowa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Częstochowa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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