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Gdańsk
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Gdansk Gdaňsk
English
Alternative forms
en Gdansk
Etymology
en pl Gdańsk. en Danzig.
Pronunciation
en /ɡəˈdænsk/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gdańsk.wav Southern England
en /ɡəˈdænsk/ /ɡəˈdɑːnsk/ US
Proper noun
en Q1792 en capital city voi/Pomeranian Voivodeship c/Poland.
en Danzig
Derived terms
en Gdańsk Bay Gulf of Gdańsk
Translations
city of Poland
Albanian: sq Dancigu
Arabic: ar غْدَانْسْك f
Armenian: hy Գդանսկ
Azerbaijani: az Qdansk
Belarusian: be Гданьск m
Bengali: bn গদানস্ক gôdansk
Bulgarian: bg Гданск m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 格但斯克 Gédànsīkè
Corsican: co Danzica f, co Gdańsk f
Czech: cs Gdaňsk m
Danish: da Gdansk, da Danzig pre-1945 period
Dutch: nl Gdańsk n
Esperanto: eo Dancigo
Farefare: gur Dantsi
Finnish: fi Gdansk
French: fr Gdańsk m, fr Dantzig m, fr Dantzick m
Georgian: ka გდანსკი
German: de Danzig n, de Gdańsk n
East Central German: gmw-ecg Danzich n Silesian
Greek: el Γκντανσκ n, el Ντάντσιχ n former name
Hebrew: he גדנסק f
Hindi: hi ग्दान्यस्क
Hungarian: hu Gdańsk, hu Dancka former name
Italian: it Danzica f, it Gdańsk f
Japanese: ja グダニスク Gudanisuku
Kashubian: csb Gduńsk m
Korean: ko 그단스크 Geudanseukeu
Latin: la Gedanum n, la Gedania f, la Dantiscum n
Latvian: lv Gdaņska
Lithuanian: lt Gdanskas
Low German:
German Low German: nds-de Danzig n
Macedonian: mk Гдањск m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Gdańsk n
Nynorsk: nn Gdańsk n
Old Church Slavonic: cu Гъданьскъ
Persian: fa گدانسک gedânsk
Polish: pl Gdańsk m
Portuguese: pt Gdansk f, pt Danzig f formerly, pt Danzigue f
Romanian: ro Gdańsk n, ro Gdansk n
Russian: ru Гданьск m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Гдањск m
Latin: sh Gdanjsk m
Sicilian: scn Dànzica f
Sindhi: sd گڊانسڪ
Slovak: sk Gdansk m
Slovene: sl Gdansk m-in
Spanish: es Gdańsk m, es Gdansk m, es Danzig formerly
Swedish: sv Gdańsk n, sv Danzig n
Thai: th กดัญสก์ gà-dan-sa
Turkish: tr Gdańsk
Ukrainian: uk Гданськ m
Vietnamese: vi Gdańsk
Yiddish: yi דאַנץ
Polish
pl:
Collage of views of Gdansk.jpg pl Gdańsk
Etymology
pl Disputed. Per Vasmer, pl got *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍃 1 1 *gutans Goths. Eckblom rejects this, and many various etymologists suggest a native pl sla-pro - 1 stem of sla-pro *gъd- wet, damp and point to place names such as pl Gdynia and pl Gdecz (modern pl Giecz) as further reflexes of that stem. Others still suggest a pl bat-pro - 1 stem of bat-pro *gud-, with Baltic reflexes including prg gudde forest, prg gudas Belarusian: person speaking a foreign language or lt gudkarklis damp pasture, lt gudobelė hawthorn. Many etymologists support the Proto-Baltic origin, with an original stem of bat-pro *Gud- + bat-pro *-an + bat-pro *-isk ("place of the forest people").+ 110 3
Pronunciation
Pl-Gdańsk.ogg;LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Gdańsk.wav
Proper noun
m-in gdański gdańszczanin gdańszczanka
pl Gdańsk Q1792
pl Trójmiasto
Declension
a s
Descendants
cs Gdaňsk 1
en Gdańsk 1
la Gedānum 1
lv Gdaņska 1
lt Gdanskas 1
ru Гданьск 1
be Гданьск 1
uk Гданськ 1
sk Gdansk 1
uk 1 Ґданськ
References
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