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Świętokrzyskie

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English

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Polish Świętokrzyskie.

Proper noun

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Świętokrzyskie

  1. A mountain range in Poland.
    Synonym: Holy Cross Mountains
  2. A voivodeship located in southern Poland.

Polish

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Etymology

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Ellipsis of Góry Świętokrzyskie (literally mountains of the Holy Cross), from góry and świętokrzyskie, a compound of święty (holy) +‎ -o- +‎ krzyż (cross) +‎ -ski (adjectival suffix) +‎ -e (nonvirile plural suffix reinterpreted as neuter singular).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɕfjɛn.tɔˈkʂɘs.kjɛ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɘskjɛ
  • Syllabification: Świę‧to‧krzys‧kie

Proper noun

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Świętokrzyskie n

  1. (nominalized) A mountain range in southern Poland, sometimes known in English as Holy Cross
    Synonym: Góry Świętokrzyskie
  2. (nominalized) A voivodeship of southern Poland, named after the mountain range

Declension

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Further reading

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