Królewiec

== Polish == === Etymology === From król +‎ -ewiec. Calque of German Königsberg (literally “King's Hill”). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from Ukrainian Кролеве́ць (Krolevécʹ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kruˈlɛ.vjɛt͡s/ Rhymes: -ɛvjɛt͡s Syllabification: Kró‧le‧wiec === Proper noun === Królewiec m inan (related adjective królewiecki) Kaliningrad, Königsberg (a city, the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia) Synonym: Kaliningrad Krolevets (a city in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine) ==== Usage notes ==== Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Polish, Czech and Slovak internet users increasingly started referring to Kaliningrad as Królewiec/Královec, mostly jokingly - as part of the Královec Region meme. On May 9th, 2023, the Polish Commission for Standardization of Geographic Names recommended use of the historical Polish name "Królewiec" over Russian "Kaliningrad". ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “Królewiec”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)