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WARSAW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Warsaw mean?
• WARSAW (noun)
The noun WARSAW has 1 sense:
1. the capital and largest city of Poland; located in central Poland
Familiarity information: WARSAW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital and largest city of Poland; located in central Poland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
capital of Poland; Warsaw; Warszawa
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Warsaw" is a part of...):
Poland; Polska; Republic of Poland (a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II)
Context examples
The facts are briefly these: Some five years ago, during a lengthy visit to Warsaw, I made the acquaintance of the well-known adventuress, Irene Adler.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Let me see!” said Holmes. Hum! Born in New Jersey in the year 1858. Contralto—hum! La Scala, hum! Prima donna Imperial Opera of Warsaw—yes! Retired from operatic stage—ha! Living in London—quite so!
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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