Poland

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Etymology 1560s. From Pole + land, a phono-semantic matching of German Polen (“Poland”), from , from , plural of *poľaninъ ("field dweller"), from *poľe ("field") + *-ěninъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-. Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈpəʊ.lənd/
• (America) IPA: /ˈpoʊ.lənd/

Proper noun

1. A country in Central Europe.
2. A number of places in USA:
   1. An unincorporated community in Cass, Clay County.
   2. A town in Androscoggin County, Maine.
   3. A town in Chautauqua County, New York.
   4. A village in Herkimer County, New York.
   5. A village/and/twp in Mahoning County, Ohio.
   6. An unincorporated community in Eaton, Brown County.
3. A village on Kiritimati, named after the home country of a plantation manager.
4. Surname.

Translations

• French: Pologne
• German: Polen
• Italian: Polonia

  Brazilian: Polônia

  European: Polónia

• Russian: По́льша
• Spanish: Polonia

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