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Lądek
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Polish
pl:
Pronunciation
Pl-Lądek.ogg
Etymology 1
pl 1
Proper noun
m-in lądecki
pl village gmina:Pref/Bisztynek co:Suf/Bartoszyce voi/Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship c/Poland Lądek
pl village gmina:Pref/Grodziec co:Suf/Konin voi/Greater Poland Voivodeship c/Poland Lądek
pl village gmina:Pref/Lądek co:Suf/Słupca voi/Greater Poland Voivodeship c/Poland Lądek
Declension
s
Derived terms
pl nouns lądczanin lądczanka
Etymology 2
From a situational gag in the cult comedy film Teddy Bear (1981 film) Miś, where a post office clerk refuses to send a telegram, saying that “There is no such city as London. There is Lądek, Lądek-Zdrój...”, maliciously pretending not to realize that the customer wants to send the telegram to England.
Proper noun
m-in
pl humorous slang pl caplc c/United Kingdom London
pl Londyn
pl humorous slang pl caplc cc/England c/United Kingdom London
pl Londyn
Declension
s
Further reading
pl exonyms terms derived from fiction
pl Nicknames for cities