Królewiec
Appearance
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From król + -ewiec. Calque of German Königsberg (literally “King's Hill”). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from Ukrainian Кролеве́ць (Krolevécʹ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Królewiec m inan (related adjective królewiecki)
- Kaliningrad, Königsberg (a city, the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)
- Synonym: Kaliningrad
- Krolevets (a city in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine)
Usage notes
[edit]Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Polish, Czech and Slovak internet users increasingly started referring to Kaliningrad as Królewiec/Královec, mostly jokingly - as part of the Královec Region meme. On May 9th, 2023, the Polish Commission for Standardization of Geographic Names recommended use of the historical Polish name "Królewiec" over Russian "Kaliningrad".[1]
Declension
[edit]Declension of Królewiec
singular | |
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nominative | Królewiec |
genitive | Królewca |
dative | Królewcowi |
accusative | Królewiec |
instrumental | Królewcem |
locative | Królewcu |
vocative | Królewcu |
References
[edit]- ^ Komisja Standaryzacji Nazw Geograficznych poza Granicami Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (2023 May 9) “125. posiedzenie Komisji Standaryzacji Nazw Geograficznych poza Granicami RP”, in gov.pl[1], archived from the original on 9 May 2023
Further reading
[edit]- Królewiec in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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