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'''Ostrów''' is a [[Polish language|Polish]] name for a river [[island]]. It appears in several Polish [[toponym]]s. |
'''Ostrów''' is a [[Polish language|Polish]] name for a river [[island]]. It is a speculated etymological cognate of [[English]] "''[[Easter]]''" and [[German]] "''[[Östern]]''" (see[[Easter#Nature_and_development|artikel]]). It appears in several Polish [[toponym]]s. |
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There are three cities in [[Poland]] known as '''Ostrów''': |
There are three cities in [[Poland]] known as '''Ostrów''': |
Revision as of 03:26, 17 February 2007
Ostrów is a Polish name for a river island. It is a speculated etymological cognate of English "Easter" and German "Östern" (seeartikel). It appears in several Polish toponyms.
There are three cities in Poland known as Ostrów:
- Ostrów Lubelski, in the Lublin Voivodship
- Ostrów Mazowiecka, in the Masovian Voivodship
- Ostrów Wielkopolski, in the Greater Poland Voivodship
Islands named Ostrów include:
- Ostrów, in Gdańsk
- Ostrów Lednicki, at the Lake of Lednica (Jezioro Lednickie)
- Ostrów Tumski, in Głogów
- Ostrów Tumski, in Poznań
- Ostrów Tumski in Wrocław