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Raków
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English
Etymology
en pl Raków.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɹækuːf/ RP,GA
Proper noun
A settlement founded in the Sandomierz Voivodeship of Lesser Poland in 1569 as the centre of the Polish Brethren, the site of the Racovian Academy 1602–1638 and of the publication of the Racovian Catechism in 1605; formerly a town until 1869, it is now a village of the Republic of en Poland and the seat of the pl gmina wiejska (rural commune) of the same name.
en fully “Gmina Raków” A gmina wiejska (rural commune) in Kielce County in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship of the Republic of Poland, with its seat in the village of the same name.
Related terms
en Racovian
Translations
Polish town 1569–1869 and village 1869–present, important centre of Socinianism in the 16th–17th CC.
Dutch: nl Raków
French: fr Raków
German: de Raków
Latin: la Racōvia f
Polish: pl Raków m-in
Spanish: es Raków
gmina wiejska in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland
Polish: pl Raków m-in
Further reading
Raków, Kielce County Raków (Polish town 1569–1869, village 1869–present) en
Gmina Raków en
Anagrams
en akorw Karow awork rowka
Dutch
Etymology
nl pl Raków.
Pronunciation
nl
Proper noun
en Raków Polish town 1569–1869 and village 1869–present, important centre of Socinianism in the 16th–17th CC.
Further reading
Raków (powiat Kielecki) nl
French
Etymology
fr :bor pl:Raków
fr pl Raków.
Pronunciation
Rakov
Proper noun
en Raków Polish town 1569–1869 and village 1869–present, important centre of Socinianism in the 16th–17th CC.
Further reading
Raków (powiat de Kielce) fr
German
Etymology
de :bor pl:Raków
de pl Raków.
Pronunciation
de /ˈʁakʊf/
Proper noun
toponym
de <<village>> and <<former town>> in <<c/Poland>>, important centre of Socinianism in the 16th–17th CC Raków
de Rakau
Declension
toponym
Further reading
Raków (Powiat Kielecki) de
Polish
pl:
Etymology
In most cases pl rak crayfish -ów. The name of the most notable village and its namesake commune (sense #2), in Kielce County, comes from Warnia, a Polish coat of arms depicting a crayfish, adopted by the founder of the town Jan Sienieński from his wife Jadwiga Gnoińska. (See the Wikipedia article Polish heraldry for further explanation.)
Pronunciation
raków
Proper noun
m-in
one of several villages in Poland
a Polish commune pl gmina near Kielce
a district pl dzielnica of Częstochowa
a neighbourhood pl osiedle of Warsaw, in the district of Włochy
Polish name of be Ракаў, an agro-town in Belarus
Declension
<m.inan.sg.place>
Descendants
nl Raków
en Raków
fr Raków
de Raków
la Racōvia
es Raków
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
es :bor pl:Raków + 1
Pronunciation
Rakóv
Proper noun
en Raków Polish town 1569–1869 and village 1869–present, important centre of Socinianism in the 16th–17th CC.
Further reading
Raków es
es Poland