Raków
See also: rakow, Rakow, and raków
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish Raków.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹækuːf/
Proper noun
Raków
- A settlement founded in the Sandomierz Voivodeship of Lesser Poland in 1569 as the centre of the Polish Brethren, the site of the Racovian Academy 1602–1638 and of the publication of the Racovian Catechism in 1605; formerly a town until 1869, it is now a village of the Republic of Poland and the seat of the gmina wiejska (rural commune) of the same name.
- (fully “Gmina Raków”) A gmina wiejska (rural commune) in Kielce County in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship of the Republic of Poland, with its seat in the village of the same name.
Related terms
- Racovian
Translations
Polish town 1569–1869 and village 1869–present, important centre of Socinianism in the 16th–17th CC.
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gmina wiejska in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland
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Further reading
Raków (Polish town 1569–1869, village 1869–present) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Gmina Raków on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Karow, awork, rowka
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish Raków.
Proper noun
Raków ?
- Raków (Polish town 1569–1869 and village 1869–present, important centre of Socinianism in the 16th–17th CC.)
Further reading
Raków (powiat Kielecki) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish Raków.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.kɔv/
Proper noun
Raków ?
- Raków (Polish town 1569–1869 and village 1869–present, important centre of Socinianism in the 16th–17th CC.)
Further reading
Raków (powiat de Kielce) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish Raków.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʁakʊf/
Proper noun
Raków n (proper noun, genitive Rakóws or (optionally with an article) Raków)
- Raków (village and former town in Poland, important centre of Socinianism in the 16th–17th CC)
- Synonym: Rakau
Declension
Declension of Raków [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
singular | ||
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def. | noun | |
nominative | das | Raków |
genitive | des | Rakóws, Raków1 |
dative | dem | Raków |
accusative | das | Raków |
1Optionally with an article.
Further reading
Raków (Powiat Kielecki) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Polish
Etymology
In most cases rak (“crayfish”) + -ów. The name of the most notable village and its namesake commune (sense #2), in Kielce County, comes from Warnia, a Polish coat of arms depicting a crayfish, adopted by the founder of the town Jan Sienieński from his wife Jadwiga Gnoińska. (See the Wikipedia article Polish heraldry for further explanation.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈra.kuf/
- Rhymes: -akuf
- Syllabification: Ra‧ków
- Homophone: raków
Proper noun
Raków m inan
- one of several villages in Poland
- a Polish commune (gmina) near Kielce
- a district (dzielnica) of Częstochowa
- a neighbourhood (osiedle) of Warsaw, in the district of Włochy
- Polish name of Ракаў (Rakaŭ), an agro-town in Belarus
Declension
Declension of Raków
singular | |
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nominative | Raków |
genitive | Rakowa |
dative | Rakowowi |
accusative | Raków |
instrumental | Rakowem |
locative | Rakowie |
vocative | Rakowie |
Descendants
- Dutch: Raków
- English: Raków
- French: Raków
- German: Raków
- Latin: Racōvia
- Spanish: Raków
Further reading
- Raków in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Raków in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish Raków.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raˈkob/ [raˈkoβ̞]
- Rhymes: -ob
Proper noun
Raków ?
- Raków (Polish town 1569–1869 and village 1869–present, important centre of Socinianism in the 16th–17th CC.)
Further reading
Raków on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es