Wroclaw

Wroclaw

See also: Wrocław

English

Alternative forms

• Wrocław

Etymology

Anglicised form of Polish Wrocław. Doublet of Breslau.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvɹɔts.wɑf/,[1] /ˈvɹɔts.lɑf/,[2] /ˈvɹɔts.lɑv/[1]

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɹɒtslɑːv/,[3] /ˈvɹɒtslɑːf/,[4] /ˈvɹɒtswɑːf/
• (nonstandard) like "rock law"[5][6]

Proper noun

Wroclaw

1. A city, located in Silesia in what is now southwestern Poland. (At different points in history, the city has been part of Bohemia, Prussia, Germany, and Poland.)

Synonyms

• Breslau

Translations

a city in southwestern Poland

Afrikaans: Wroclaw, Breslau Albanian: Vroclav m (indefinite), Vroclavi m (definite) Arabic: فْرُوتْزُوَاف‎ f (frutzuwaf) Armenian: Վրոցլավ (Vrocʿlav) Azerbaijani: Vrotslav (az) Basque: Wroclaw Belarusian: Вро́цлаў m (Vróclaŭ), Уро́цлаў m (Uróclaŭ) (Taraškievica) Breton: Wrocław Bulgarian: Вро́цлав m (Vróclav) Catalan: Wroclaw, Breslau Chinese: Mandarin: 弗羅茨瓦夫／弗罗茨瓦夫 (zh) (Fúluócíwǎfū), 布雷斯勞／布雷斯劳 (Bùléisīláo) (historical) Czech: Vratislav (cs) m Danish: Wroclaw n, Breslau n (historical) Dutch: Wrocław n, Wroclaw n, Breslau n (historical) East Central German: Brassel (Silesian) Esperanto: Vroclavo Estonian: Wroclaw, Breslau (historical) Finnish: Wrocław (fi) French: Wrocław (fr) m, Breslau (fr) (historical) Galician: Wrocław Georgian: ვროცლავი (vroclavi) German: Breslau (de) n, Wrocław (de) n (modern loan from Polish) Greek: Βρότσλαβ (Vrótslav) Hebrew: ורוצלב‎ f (vrotsláv), ברסלאו‎ f (historical) Hungarian: Boroszló (hu) Icelandic: Wrocław, Breslau (historical) Indonesian: Wrocław Italian: Breslavia f Japanese: ヴロツワフ (Vurotsuwafu), ブレスラウ (Buresurau)(historical) Javanese: Wrocław Kashubian: Wrocław m Kazakh: Вроцлав (Vroslav) Korean: 브로츠와프 (Beurocheuwapeu), 브레슬라우 (Beureseullau) (historical) Kyrgyz: Вроцлав (Vrotslav) Latin: Vratislavia, Bratislavia f Latvian: Vroclava f, Breslava f (historical) Lithuanian: Vroclavas m Low German: German Low German: Breslau Macedonian: Вроцлав m (Vroclav) Malay: Wrocław Mongolian: Cyrillic: Вроцлав (Vroclav) Nauruan: Wrocław Norwegian: Bokmål: Wrocław n, Breslau n (historical) Occitan: Wrocław Polish: Wrocław (pl) m Portuguese: Breslávia f, Wroclaw f, Breslau f Quechua: Wrocław Romanian: Wrocław Russian: Вро́цлав (ru) m (Vróclav), Бресла́вль m (Breslávlʹ) (historical) Samogitian: Vruoclavs Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Вроцлав m Roman: Vroclav m, Wrocław m Silesian: Wrocław m Slovak: Vratislav m, Vroclav m Slovene: Vroclav m, Wrocław m Sorbian: Lower: Wrocław m Upper: Wrocław m Spanish: Breslavia (es) f Swedish: Wrocław (sv) n, Breslau n (historical) Tagalog: Breslavia Tajik: Вротслав (Vrotslav) Turkish: Wrocław Ukrainian: Вро́цлав m (Vróclav), Бресла́вль m (Breslávlʹ) (historical) Vietnamese: Wrocław Volapük: Wrocław West Frisian: Breslau Yiddish: ברעסלוי‎ n (bresloy), ברעסלע‎ n (bresle)

References

1. “Wroclaw”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
2. “Wroclaw”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
3. Lonɡman Pronunciation Dictionary (1990) ()
4. Cambridge Pronouncing Dictionary
5. Visible Language (1970), page 321

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Wroclaw f

1. Wroclaw, Breslau (a city in the Lower Silesia, Poland)

   Synonyms: Breslávia, Breslau