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Włochy (Polish pronunciation: ⓘ) is one of the districts of Warsaw, located in the south-western part of city. Włochy borders districts Bemowo and Wola from the north, Ochota and Mokotów from the east, and Ursus and Ursynów from the south. It is one of 3 neighborhoods with the title of a garden town (pol. Miasto-Ogród Włochy).
Włochy is the Polish word for Italy. But do you know where it comes from? Certainly not from Italy... Looking at the Polish map of the world, one thing that might strike you as a bit confounding is the names of several countries which don’t sound anything like their counterparts in other languages.
Z kolei formą wyrazu Włoch w liczbie mnogiej nazwano państwo zajmujące ten półwysep. Nazwa bałkańskiej grupy etnicznej – Wołochów – ma tę samą etymologię. Nazwa Włochy lub podobne używana jest w polszczyźnie oraz w językach łużyckich (Włóska, Włoska), a historycznie także w czeskim (Vlachy).
Warsaw, [a] officially the Capital City of Warsaw, [7][b] is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland.
The word Italia, which existed in Polish at the same time, remained in use only as a stylistic ornament and a designation of the ancient state on the territory of present-day Włoch. I have never met anyone who used Italia instead of Włochy. This excellent video explains it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgov-FdPdeU.
Włochy (Polish pronunciation: [ˈvwɔxɨ] ⓘ) is one of the districts of Warsaw, located in the south-western part of city. Włochy borders districts Bemowo and Wola from the north, Ochota and Mokotów from the east, and Ursus and Ursynów from the south.
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