Zidacow

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Żydaczów.

Proper noun

Zidacow ? sg (indeclinable)

1. Zhydachiv (a city in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine)
   • 1581, Alexander Guagnini, Sarmatiae Europeae descriptio, quae regnum Poloniae, Lituaniam, Samogitiam, Russiam, Massoviam, Prussiam, Pomeraniam, Livoniam, et Moschoviae, Tartariaeque partem complectitur [Description of European Sarmatia, Which Encompasses the Kingdom of Poland, Lithuania, Samogitia, Russia, Mazovia, Prussia, Pomerania, Livonia, Muscovy, and Part of Tartary], folio 39v:

     Zidacow in Pokutia, ciuitas lignea, in planicie ad Striy fluuium ſita

     Zhydachiv in Pokuttia, a wooden city located on the river Stryi on a plain