Białystok

See also: Bialystok

English

Białystok

Alternative forms

• Bialystok
• Belostok (from Russian)
• Biełastok (from Belarusian)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Białystok (“white slope”).

Proper noun

Białystok

1. A city, the capital of Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland; largest city in northeastern Poland.

Related terms

• bialy

Translations

city

• Armenian: Բելոստոկ (hy) (Belostok)
• Belarusian: Беласто́к (be) m (Bjelastók)

  Roman: Biełastok m (łacinka)

• Bulgarian: Бялисто́к m (Bjalistók)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 比亞韋斯托克 / 比亚韦斯托克 (zh) (Bǐyǎwéisītuōkè)

• Czech: Bělostok (cs) m
• Esperanto: Bjalistoko
• Greek: Μπιαλίστοκ (el) n (Bialístok)
• Hebrew: ביאליסטוק f
• Japanese: ビャウィストク (Byawisutoku)
• Korean: 비아위스토크 (Biawiseutokeu)
• Latvian: Bjalistoka f
• Lithuanian: Balstogė f, Bialystokas m, Belostokas m
• Polish: Białystok (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Bialystok f
• Russian: Белосто́к (ru) m (Belostók)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бјалисток m

  Roman: Bjalistok m, Białystok m

• Silesian: Bjołystok m
• Slovak: Białystok m, Bielostok m
• Ukrainian: Білосто́к m (Bilostók)
• Yiddish: ביאַליסטאָק n (byalistok), ביאַלאָסטאָק n (byalostok)

Polish

Etymology

Univerbation of biały +‎ stok, named after the local river Biała.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjaˈwɘs.tɔk/

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• Rhymes: -ɘstɔk
• Syllabification: Bia‧łys‧tok

Proper noun

Białystok m inan (related adjective białostocki, demonym białostoczanin, female demonym białostoczanka)

1. Bialystok (the capital city of the Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension

Declension of Białystok

	singular
nominative	Białystok
genitive	Białegostoku
dative	Białemustokowi
accusative	Białystok
instrumental	Białymstokiem
locative	Białymstoku
vocative	Białystoku

Derived terms

(adjectives):

• podbiałostocki

(nouns):

• Białostocczanin
• Białostocczanka

(proper noun):

• Białostocczyzna

Descendants

• → Belarusian: Беласток (Bjelastók)
• → English: Białystok
• → German: Białystok
• → Lithuanian: Bialystòkas
• → Russian: Белосток (Belostok)
• → Russian: Білосток (Bilostok)
• → Yiddish: ביאַליסטאָק‎ (byalistok‎)

Further reading

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