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Word of the day
for November 11
voivodeship n
  1. (countable, uncountable) The office, position, rank, or title of a voivode (“a local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe; an administrative chief in modern Poland”).
  2. (countable, uncountable) The jurisdiction of a voivode, comparable to a countship or a county.
  3. (countable) The highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland, comparable to a province or state.

Today is Narodowe Święto Niepodległości or National Independence Day in Poland, which commemorates the restoration of the nation’s sovereignty following World War I on this day in 1918.

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