Poland

English thumb|240px|Flag of Poland <dab!> Alternative forms en Poleland obsolete Etymology en Q36 :af en:Pole<id:pole> en:land<id:area of ground> 1 en ine-pro *pleh₂- 1560s. From en Pole land, a en de Polen 1 Poland, from en zlw-opl Polanie Poles field dwellers, from en sla-pro *poľane, plural of sla-pro *poľaninъ field dweller, from sla-pro *poľe field + sla-pro *-ěninъ, ultimately from en ine-pro *pleh₂- flat, wide. Pronunciation en /ˈpəʊ.lənd/ RP en /ˈpoɫ.ənd/ /ˈpoʊ.lənd/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Poland.wav UK en en-us-Poland.ogg US Proper noun thumb|250px|Poland en Q36en country r/Central Europe Republic of Poland Warsaw. en 1978 w:Richard Nixon RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon https://archive.org/details/rnmemoirsofricha00nixo/ Grosset & Dunlap 0-448-14374-7 77-87793 760525066 7561812M 213 https://archive.org/details/rnmemoirsofricha00nixo/page/213/ After leaving the Soviet Union, we made a brief visit to one of the captive nations — Poland.[...]A quarter of a million people turned out that Sunday. Despite the presence of Soviet troops, and the fact that they share a common border with the Soviet Union, on that Sunday the people of Poland demonstrated dramatically not only their friendship for the United States but also their detestation of their Communist rulers and Soviet neighbors. en https://archive.org/details/mylifepresidenti00clin/ 2005 w:Bill Clinton My Life (Clinton autobiography) My Life II New York w:Vintage Books 1-4000-9673-1 60594427 185–186 https://archive.org/details/mylifepresidenti00clin/page/185/ The next stop was Warsaw, to meet with President Lech Walesa and emphasize my commitment to bringing Poland into NATO. Walesa had become a hero, and free Poland's natural choice for president, by leading the Gdansk-shipyard workers' revolt against communism more than a decade earlier. He was deeply suspicious of Russia and wanted Poland in NATO as soon as possible. He also wanted more American investment in Poland, saying the country's future required more American generals, "starting with General Motors and General Electric." en Eliza Mackintosh No more excuses on resettling refugees, European Commission warns w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/02/europe/european-countries-not-meeting-refugee-resettling-obligations/index.html 2017-03-02 Hungary, Austria and Poland are still refusing to participate in the resettlement plan, due to end in September. Other Eastern European countries, such as the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovakia, are only doing so on a limited basis, the commission said. https://web.archive.org/web/20170804202229/https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/02/europe/european-countries-not-meeting-refugee-resettling-obligations/index.html en number of places c/USA: en ucomm twp:Suf/Cass co/Clay County s/Indiana. en town co/Androscoggin County s/Maine. en town co/Chautauqua County s/New York. en village co/Herkimer County s/New York. en village/and/twp co/Mahoning County s/Ohio. en ucomm town/Eaton co/Brown County s/Wisconsin. en village on isl/Kiritimati c/Kiribati, named after the home country of a plantation manager. en Derek A. Scott A DIRECTORY OF WETLANDS IN OCEANIA http://archive.wetlands.org/Portals/0/publications/Report/WI_DIR-Oceania_1993.pdf 1993 188 w:Wetlands International The principal economic activity is copra production, the Government copra plantation covering some 5,170 ha. The population in 1989 was estimated at 2,000, the great majority of whom live in London, Banana and Poland villages in the west. https://web.archive.org/web/20180830210238/http://archive.wetlands.org/Portals/0/publications/Report/WI_DIR-Oceania_1993.pdf en. Derived terms en Polandish Poland Spring Polexit Kingdom of Poland Regency Kingdom of Poland Related terms en Polak Poland syndrome Polander Pole Polish Polono- Polandball Descendants am ፖላንድ 1 ar بُولَنْدَا 1 ckb پۆڵەندا 1 acw بولندا 1 pl Bolanda 1 ajp بولندا 1 zh 波蘭 1 eo Pollando 1 inc-hnd 1 hi पोलैंड ur پولَینْڈ id Polandia 1 ja 1 ポーランド Pōrando ko 폴란드 1 fa پلند 1 Paland ta போலந்து 1 th โปแลนด์ 1 Translations Q36 European country Abkhaz: ab Польша, ab Лахьтәыла Afrikaans: af Pole Albanian: sq Poloni f indefinite, sq Polonia f definite Amharic: am ፖላንድ Arabic: ar بُولَنْدَا f, ar بُولُونِيَا f Egyptian Arabic: arz بولندا f būlanda Hijazi Arabic: acw بولندا f bōlanda Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܦܘܿܠܘܿܢܝܼܵܐ f polonia Armenian: hy Լեհաստան, hy Բոլոնիա Western Armenian, hy Փոլոնիա Aromanian: rup Pulunii indefinite, rup Pulunia definite Asturian: ast Polonia f Azerbaijani: az Polşa, az Löhüstan archaic, az Lehistan archaic Bashkir: ba Польша Basque: eu Polonia Belarusian: be По́льшча f Latin: be Polšča f łacinka Bengali: bn পোল্যান্ড, bn লেহিস্তান Breton: br Polonia Bulgarian: bg По́лша f Burmese: my ပိုလန် Carpathian Rusyn: rue По́льско n, rue По́лща f Catalan: ca Polònia f Chagatai: chg ایلاخ īlāx *iläx Chinese: Cantonese: yue 波蘭 Eastern Min: cdo 波蘭 Hokkien: nan-hbl 波蘭 Pho-lân Mandarin: cmn 波蘭 Crimean Tatar: crh Lehistan, crh Poloniya Czech: cs Polsko n Danish: da Polen Dhivehi: dv ޕޮލެންޑު Dutch: nl Polen n Esperanto: eo Pollando, eo Polujo, eo Polio Estonian: et Poola Extremaduran: ext Poloña Farefare: gur Polgo Faroese: fo Pólland n Finnish: fi Puola Franco-Provençal: frp Pologne French: fr Pologne f Frisian: West Frisian: fy Poalen n Gagauz: gag Polşa Galician: gl Polonia f Georgian: ka პოლონეთი German: de Polen n Alemannic German: gsw Pole Bavarian: bar Poin Rhine Franconian: gmw-rfr Pole Palatine Greek: el Πολωνία f Greenlandic: kl Poleni Gujarati: gu પોલેંડ Haitian Creole: ht Polòy Hausa: ha Polan Hawaiian: haw Pōlani Hebrew: he פּוֹלִין f polín, he פּוֹלַנְיָה f polánya historical Hiligaynon: hil Polonya Hindi: hi पोलैंड m, hi लहिस्तान m Hungarian: hu Lengyelország Hunsrik: hrx Pole n Icelandic: is Pólland n Ido: io Polonia Indonesian: id Polandia Interlingua: ia Polonia Irish: ga Polainn f An Pholainn, ga Poblacht na Polainne f Italian: it Polonia f Japanese: ja ポーランド Pōrando Javanese: jv Polska Kannada: kn ಪೋಲೆಂಡ್ Kashubian: csb Pòlskô f Kazakh: kk Польша Khmer: km ប៉ូឡូញ Korean: ko ^폴란드, ko ^뽈스까 North Korea Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb پۆڵەندا, ckb پۆڵۆنیا Northern Kurdish: kmr Polonya f Kyrgyz: ky Польша Lao: lo ໂປໂລຍ, lo ໂປແລັນ Latgalian: ltg Puoleja Latin: la Polonia f Latvian: lv Polija f Lithuanian: lt Lenkija f Livonian: liv Pūoļmō Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl Polen, nds-nl Pooln German Low German: nds-de Polen Luxembourgish: lb Polen n Macedonian: mk Полска f Malay: ms Poland Malayalam: ml പോളണ്ട് Maltese: mt Polonja f Manchu: mnc ᠪᠣᠯᠣᠨᡳᠶᠠ Māori: mi Pōrana Maranao: mrw Polan Marathi: mr पोलंड Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Польш Mongolian script: mn ᠫᠤᠯᠱᠠ, mn ᠫᠤᠯᠠᠨᠳ᠋ Navajo: nv Haltso Hóteelnii Bikéyah Nepali: ne पोल्याण्ड Norman: nrf Polongne f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Polen Nynorsk: nn Polen n Occitan: oc Polonha f Odia: or ପୋଲାଣ୍ଡ୍ Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu Пол҄ьска f, cu Лѧхꙑ m-p Glagolitic: cu Ⱂⱁⰾⱐⱄⰽⰰ f, cu Ⰾⱔⱈⰹ m-p Old East Slavic: orv Ляхꙑ m-p Pashto: ps پولنډ m polanḍ Persian: Dari: prs لَهِسْتَان, prs پولَنْد Iranian Persian: fa-ira لَهِسْتان⁩, fa-ira لِهِسْتان⁩ Picard: pcd Polonne Piedmontese: pms Polònia Polish: pl Polska f Portuguese: Brazilian Portuguese: pt Polônia f European Portuguese: pt Polónia f Punjabi: Gurmukhi: pa ਪੋਲੈਂਡ m Shahmukhi: pa پولَینْڈ m Rarotongan: rar Pōrani Romanian: ro Polonia f, ro Lehia obsolete Romansh: rm Pologna f Russian: ru По́льша f Sami: Northern Sami: se Polen Samogitian: sgs Lėnkėjė f Sango: sg Pölôni Sanskrit: sa पोलैंड Scottish Gaelic: gd Pòlainn f A' Phòlainn Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh По̏љска̄ f Latin: sh Pȍljskā f Silesian: szl Polsko f Sinhalese: si පෝලන්‍තය Slovak: sk Poľsko n Slovene: sl Póljska f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Pólska Upper Sorbian: hsb Pólska Spanish: es Polonia f Swahili: sw Polandi, sw Upoli Swedish: sv Polen n Tagalog: tl Polonya Tajik: tg Лаҳистон, tg Полша Tamil: ta போலந்து Tatar: tt Польша Telugu: te పోలాండ్ Thai: th โปแลนด์ Tibetan: bo ཕོ་ལན Tigrinya: ti ፖላንድ Turkish: tr Polonya, tr Lehistan Ottoman Turkish: ota لهستان lehistan, ota له leh Turkmen: tk Polşa Ubykh: uby Лаҳшәабла Ukrainian: uk По́льща f Urdu: ur پولَینْڈ m, ur لَہِسْتان m Uyghur: ug پولشا, ug لەھىستان Uzbek: uz Polsha Veps: vep Polʹšanma Vietnamese: vi Ba Lan (vi 波蘭) Vilamovian: wym Pöłn Volapük: vo Polän Walloon: wa Pologne f Welsh: cy Gwlad Pwyl Xhosa: xh Pholend Yiddish: yi פּוילן n Yoruba: yo Polandi See also Appendix:Countries of the world References Report on the Kiribati 2015 Census of Population and Housing en terms suffixed with -land exonyms