Alwernia

See also: Alwernią

Polish

kościół w Alwerni

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Alverna (whence Italian La Verna); the town grew around a monastery founded in the early 17th century, which was named after the mountain in Tuscany associated with Saint Francis of Assisi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈvɛr.ɲja/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrɲja
• Syllabification: Al‧wern‧ia

Proper noun

Alwernia f

1. Alwernia (a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension

Declension of Alwernia

	singular
nominative	Alwernia
genitive	Alwerni
dative	Alwerni
accusative	Alwernię
instrumental	Alwernią
locative	Alwerni
vocative	Alwernio

less common:

Declension of Alwernia

	singular
nominative	Alwernia
genitive	Alwernii
dative	Alwernii
accusative	Alwernię
instrumental	Alwernią
locative	Alwernii
vocative	Alwernio

Derived terms

(adjective):

• alwernijski

(nouns):

• alwernianin
• alwernianka

Further reading

• Alwernia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Alwernia in PWN's encyclopedia