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placówka

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See also: placówką and placówkä

Polish

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Etymology

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From plac +‎ -ówka. Ellipsis of straż placowa (plaza guard).[1] First attested in 1773.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ufka
  • Syllabification: pla‧ców‧ka

Noun

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placówka f

  1. (diplomacy, trading) agency, branch, mission; foreign facility, foreign branch (diplomatic or commercial representative office of a country located in the territory of another country)
    Synonym: przedstawicielstwo
  2. center, facility, institution; agency
    Synonyms: instytucja, ośrodek
  3. (military) post (place guarded by a military)
  4. (military) outpost (stopping place of the branch that insures the military of a given country)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “placówka”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  2. ^ Publius Cornelius Tacitus (1773) Kaia Korneliusza Tacyta Dzieła wszystkie (in Polish), volume 2, page 33

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