Poland

== English == Wikivoyage === Alternative forms === Poleland (obsolete) === Etymology === 1560s. From Pole +‎ land, a phono-semantic matching of German Polen (“Poland”), from Old Polish Polanie (“Poles”, literally “field dwellers”), from Proto-Slavic *poľane, plural of *poľaninъ (“field dweller”), from *poľe (“field”) + *-ěninъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, wide”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊ.lənd/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈpoɫ.ənd/, /ˈpoʊ.lənd/ === Proper noun === Poland A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Poland. Capital and largest city: Warsaw. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Cass Township, Clay County, Indiana. A town in Androscoggin County, Maine. A town in Chautauqua County, New York. A village in Herkimer County, New York. A village and township in Mahoning County, Ohio. An unincorporated community in Eaton, Brown County, Wisconsin. A village on Kiritimati, Kiribati, named after the home country of a plantation manager. A surname. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: ポーランド (Pōrando) → Korean: 폴란드 (pollandeu) → Persian: پلند (Paland) → Tamil: போலந்து (pōlantu) → Thai: โปแลนด์ (bpoo-lɛɛn) ==== Translations ==== === See also === Appendix:Countries of the world === References === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “Poland”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. Report on the Kiribati 2015 Census of Population and Housing