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Biłgoraj

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Biłgoraj

Etymology

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Earlier Biełgoraj, from biały (“white”) +‎ Goraj, the name of the nearby village from which the town's founders hailed. The first element became Bił- under the influence of Ukrainian (the town is located around 40 miles from the present-day border with Ukraine); compare Ukrainian бі́лий (bílyj, “white”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /biwˈɡɔ.raj/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔraj
  • Syllabification: Bił‧go‧raj

Proper noun

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Biłgoraj m inan

  1. Biłgoraj (a town in the Lublin Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension

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Declension of Biłgoraj
singular
nominative Biłgoraj
genitive Biłgoraja
dative Biłgorajowi
accusative Biłgoraj
instrumental Biłgorajem
locative Biłgoraju
vocative Biłgoraju

Derived terms

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adjective
nouns

References

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  1. ^ Kazimierz Rymut, Urszula Bijak, Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch, editors (1996), “Biłgoraj”, in Nazwy miejscowe Polski: historia, pochodzenie, zmiany (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Języka Polskiego PAN, →ISBN, page 199

Further reading

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  • Biłgoraj in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Biłgoraj in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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