placówka

== Polish == === Etymology === From plac +‎ -ówka. Ellipsis of straż placowa (“plaza guard”). First attested in 1773. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ufka Syllabification: pla‧ców‧ka === Noun === placówka f (diplomacy, trading) agency, branch, mission; foreign facility, foreign branch (diplomatic or commercial representative office of a country located in the territory of another country) Synonym: przedstawicielstwo center, facility, institution; agency Synonyms: instytucja, ośrodek (military) post (place guarded by a military) (military) outpost (stopping place of the branch that insures the military of a given country) ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “placówka”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “placówka”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “placówka”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “placówka”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “placówka”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 218 === Anagrams === palcówka